Leslie Platt, JD, is a Senior Advisor and Investigator at the HealthiER Institute.

Leslie Platt is a nationally recognized life sciences and healthcare attorney and executive with decades of experience in a range of senior positions in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Mr. Platt has advised and represented Cabinet officers and top officials at Federal agencies as well as senior executives and boards of directors of major domestic and international corporations and nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Platt has focused mainly on national health policy, biomedical research, development, and commercialization, funding and financing strategies, public-private partnerships, social impact investments, disaster and biothreat preparedness and response, and other significant areas at the intersection of law, public policy, and technology.

Leslie Platt has negotiated numerous agreements regarding the financing, conduct, and commercialization of biomedical research, the construction of research facilities, and the protection, valuation, and transfer of intellectual property and technology. He has resolved many complex issues involving research volunteers, intellectual property, data reporting, biological agents, public health and health infrastructure, healthcare financing, fraud and abuse, and other key issues.

Mr. Platt has served as Board Chairman of the nonprofit BioJudiciary Project and he chaired the Loudoun County, VA Science & Technology Cabinet. Leslie has taught legal and ethical aspects of bioscience management at George Mason University. He has authored a number of articles and is a frequent lecturer at industry conferences in the U.S. and around the world.