Biography

Henry H. Willis is a policy researcher at RAND. His research has applied risk analysis tools to resource allocation and risk management decisions in the areas of public health and emergency preparedness, homeland and national security policy, energy and environmental policy, and transportation planning. Willis is the author of dozens of publications, book chapters, and op-ed pieces and has testified before Congress as an expert on applying risk analysis to homeland security policy. Willis's recent research has involved reviewing the risk assessment framework of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) for the Department of Homeland Security, assessing risk-based approaches to allocating homeland security preparedness resources, reviewing current and proposed countermeasures for protecting U.S. maritime transportation infrastructure, and assessing risks to freight supply chains from congestion of transportation infrastructure.

Willis earned his B. A. in chemistry and environmental studies from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.A. in environmental science from the University of Cincinnati, and his Ph.D. from the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.