Gina Kost, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Resilient Systems
Dr. Gina Kost joined ARPA-H in December 2023. She served as a technical advisor for DARPA for over a decade where she leveraged her expertise to help develop and support several DARPA programs across many disciplines for the Biological Technologies Office. Her expertise spans pharmacology, molecular & systems biology, and biochemistry.
Prior to supporting the government, she was the Associate Director of R&D at Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where she was responsible for all preclinical research activities and development of oncology and CNS-related therapeutics.
She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.