Leadership Lessons Learned: Eradicating Polio in Nigeria Thursday, September 8, 2016 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate served as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health from 2011-2013. Prior, he was the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Pate is currently a professor at the Duke University Global Health Institute. He also serves on the agenda committee of the World Economic Forum and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of … Continue reading “Muhammad Pate, Former Minister of State for Health of Nigeria”
Leadership in Getting AIDS on the World Bank Agenda Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Debrework Zewdie, an Ethiopian national, has led strategy, policy implementation, and management of development programs at country, regional, and global levels for international bodies such as the World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She conceptualized and managed the groundbreaking US$1 billion Multi-country HIV/AIDS Program that changed the AIDS funding landscape and pioneered the large-scale multi-sectorial response with direct … Continue reading “Debrework Zewdie, Former Director of the World Bank Global AIDS Program, and Deputy Executive Director and COO of the Global Fund”
Leading as a Surgeon by Day and Writer by Night Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is professor in both the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, a joint … Continue reading “Atul Gawande, Executive Director, Ariadne Labs”
Leading New Solutions for Global Health Friday, April 10, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Trevor Mundel, president of the Global Health Program, leads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s efforts in research and development of health solutions including vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics, focusing on health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. He oversees the Global Health Program’s work which harnesses innovations in science and technology, to fight diseases such as … Continue reading “Trevor Mundel, President, Global Health Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”
The Difference Between Management and Leadership Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Janet Napolitano was named the 20th president of the University of California on July 18, 2013, and took office on Sept. 30, 2013. She leads a university system with 10 campuses, five medical centers, three affiliated national laboratories, and a statewide agriculture and natural resources program. Napolitano is a distinguished public servant with a record of leading large, complex organizations at the federal and state levels. She served as Secretary … Continue reading “Janet Napolitano, President, University of California”
Barack to Blumenthal: Changing Healthcare though IT Innovation Watch on YouTube. David Blumenthal, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Health System and Harvard Medical School. He also serves as Chief Health Information and Innovation Officer at Partners Health System in Boston, Ma. From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Blumenthal was the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under President Barack Obama. In this role, he was charged with building an interoperable, private … Continue reading “David Blumenthal, Officer, Partners HealthCare, and Professor of Health Care Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School”
