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Wikipedia š Christopher Elias
Wikipedia š Christopher Elias
Christopher J. Elias is the former president and CEO of the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, also known as PATH, a nonprofit organization that improves global health by ensuring that innovations in science and technology are available to low income groups and developing countries.
Education[edit]
Education[edit]
Elias received his MD from Creighton University, completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and received his MPH from the University of Washington.
Career[edit]
Career[edit]
Elias has worked as a senior associate at the International Programs Division of the Population Council. He served as country representative of Thailand.
In October 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation formally announced the appointment of Elias to the position of president of its global development program. In this role, Elias is responsible of leading the foundation's efforts in developing countries to overcome hunger, poverty and disease.
Other activities[edit]
Other activities[edit]
Creighton University, member of the board of trustees[1]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), member of the advisory committee to the director[2]
University of Washington, member of the global health external advisory board
Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), co-chair of the reference group[3]
Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, member of the lead group (since 2016, appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon)[4]
Recognition[edit]
Recognition[edit]
2005 ā Social Entrepreneur of the Year, awarded by the Schwab Foundation[5]
References[edit]
References[edit]
^ Advisory Committee to the Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
^ FP2020 Reference Group Family Planning 2020 (FP2020).
^ Secretary-General Appoints 29 Global Leaders to Spearhead Fight against Malnutrition United Nations, press release of 21 September 2016.
^ Schwab Foundation Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
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BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Chris Elias, leads the Gates Foundationās efforts in integrated and innovative delivery, finding creative new ways to ensure solutions and products get into the hands of people in developing countries who need them most.
Dr. Eliasās professional background is in health and medicine, most recently having served as the president and CEO of PATH, an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors.
Dr. Elias holds an MD from Creighton University and an MPH from the University of Washington. He was a fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Creighton University. Elias currently serves on various advisory boards, including the Nike Foundation and the Duke Global Health Institute.
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Christopher Elias
Christopher Elias is the President of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Previously, he was president and CEO of PATH, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health.
Before joining PATH in 2000, Dr. Elias was a senior associate in the International Programs Division of the Population Council. For six years, he served as the country representative in Thailand, where he managed reproductive health programs throughout Southeast Asia.
He sits on the boards of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Ibis Reproductive Health, and the Washington Biomedical and Biotechnology Association, among others. He is also a member of the Policy Advisory Committee for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and the Advisory Committee for the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. Dr. Elias was honored as the Schwab Foundation's Social Entrepreneur of the Year for the United States in 2005, and he remains an active member of the Schwab Foundation community.
He received his MD from Creighton University (1983), completed post-graduate training in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (1986), and received an MPH from the University of Washington (1990), where he was a fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
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Below google search suggests he was born in 1957
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