Ben C. Snyder

Ben C. Snyder is a research assistant at the Biosecurity and Pandemic Policy Center in the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A&M University and is lead author of the center's white paper “Envisioning an Independent Bioresponsibility Authority to Safeguard U.S. Leadership in the Life Sciences” (January 2025). 

U.S. President Donald Trump shows a signed document as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2025.
Governance

A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight

by Ben C. Snyder

Controversy about research on dangerous pathogens requires the U.S. government to adopt a new governance approach