Geoffrey Ling
Johns Hopkins
Dr. Ling, Professor of Neurology and Attending Neuro-Critical Care Physician at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Professor Emeritus at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).
Dr. Ling has an extensive and impressive career background. Between 2016 and 2023, he was CEO of On-Demand Pharmaceuticals, which works with Pharmacy on Demand (POD) and BioMedicine on Demand (BioMOD) technologies. Prior, Dr. Ling served at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from 2004 to 2015, culminating as the founding Director of the Biological Technologies Office. He also served as an Assistant Director of Science in President Obama's White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). He served on Advisory Councils of the NIH-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes for 10 years and the NIH-National Center for Advanced Translation Science for 4 years. He recently completed a 4-year tenure on the Veterans Administration’s National Research Advisory Council, which he chaired. Colonel Ling is a retired U.S. Army medical officer who served on active duty for 21 years as a critical care physician.
Dr. Ling earned his PhD in Pharmacology at Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and his MD at Georgetown University School of Medicine.