Ms. Bouri is an Analyst at the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. She also is an Associate Editor of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science.

Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Bouri worked on educational programs for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START Center), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, at the University of Maryland. In 2007, she worked in the Bureau of African Affairs at the State Department, where she was involved with a variety of foreign policy initiatives, ranging from regional security to foreign assistance. She also worked as a Women’s and Sexual Health Counselor at the University of Maryland’s Health Center. Ms. Bouri interned with Oxfam America, where she worked on the Make Trade Fair campaign, and with Global Justice’s Campaign for Child Survival, where she worked on a variety of global health initiatives, including an anti-malaria campaign.

Ms. Bouri traveled to Namibia in 2006 as a volunteer teacher, where she created an HIV/AIDS and sexual health education curriculum for high school students. She also traveled to India in 2004 and 2008 and worked with the Aparna Trust Foundation to conduct regional assessments for medical and educational services in slums and villages.

Ms. Bouri obtained a BA from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she studied International Relations, International Development and Conflict Management, and Public Health. She completed her thesis on the role of human security and individual rights in ethnic conflict resolution in Burundi and Rwanda.