Dennis K. McBride

Dr. McBride has led numerous national and international initiatives in neuroscience and its interface with information technology, national security, and medical technology/drug development within the federal government, three of which are now multi-billion dollar enterprises. He began his career as a medical scientist in Naval Aviation and ergonomics and served in eight nationally prominent laboratories and headquarters organizations, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Naval Aerospace Medical Research Lab, Naval Research Lab, the Office of Naval Research, and the Naval Medical Research Institute. Upon retiring as a highly decorated senior officer (O-6), he assumed the leadership of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, which he continues to serve as President Emeritus. Following his ten-year term, he was recruited back to the National Defense University to lead the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, culminating his government career there as Senior Executive-4 (Civilian equivalent to Rear Admiral/Vice Admiral).

Dennis has served as adviser to Cabinet Secretaries, congressional committees, and to major corporate C-Suite executives. His educational background includes formal enrollment at the University of Georgia, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (Flight Surgeon School), the University of Southern California, the London School of Economics, and Harvard Business School, with award of the Ph.D. in experimental psychology, four master’s degrees, and additional postdoctoral education in aviation medicine, systems engineering science, and strategic disruption. He has published widely, was elected by faculty in 1999 to full professor, and has served at multiple universities, full- and part-time in colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Public Policy, and Medicine. For the past 12 years, Dr. McBride has served as adjunct Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and co-Director of Georgetown’s Regulatory Science Program.