Carolyn Edelstein is executive director of OpenBiome, a universal stool bank and microbiome research institute. She was a member of the founding team in 2013 and previously was director of outreach and public affairs, overseeing efforts to expand the availability of its treatments across 1,200 hospitals and clinics, present its work to the public, and contribute to the discourse on the regulation of fecal microbiota.

Previously, Edelstein worked at the US Agency for International Development in its Development Innovation Ventures program, where she helped launch the Global Innovation Fund, a $200 million institution backed by foreign aid agencies to test and support low-cost, high-impact interventions to improve global health and prosperity.

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