Dr. Gloria Elliott joined ARPA-H in January 2025 from the Organ Preservation Alliance where she served as president and Chief Science Officer. Prior to that, Elliott was the founding Chief Science Officer of Humanity Bio, a small biotechnology research company focused on human tissue preservation.

Elliott is a professor emerita at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her expertise is in cryobiology and biopreservation technology, especially non-refrigerated methods. She received her doctorate in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and completed post-doctoral work at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine.