Dr. Idong Essiet-Gibson is the Founding Principal of The Idyeas Group, a global health and scientific management consultancy in Silver Spring, Maryland. She spent the last two decades managing multimillion-dollar biomedical research and public health programs for the federal government, both domestically and overseas. She is experienced in applying emerging digital health and technological innovations to complicated scientific and public health challenges. She is a veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Public Health Service.