Global Health in Transition: A Synthesis: Perspectives from International Organizations (1996)
Chapter: Front Matter
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BOARD ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
1992–1994
William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H. (Chair), * Executive Director,
Task Force on Child Survival, Carter Center, Emory University
Dean T. Jamison, Ph.D. * (Cochair), Staff Director,
The World Development Report 1993, The World Bank
David E. Bell, Professor of Population Sciences and International Health,
Emeritus, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Jan E. G. Blanpain, M.D., * Professor and Chair,
European Health Policy Forum, School of Public Health, Leuven University
John H. Bryant, M.D., *
Moscow, Vermont
Margaret Catley-Carlson, President,
The Population Council
Richard G. A. Feachem, Ph.D., D.Sc., Dean,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Bernard N. Fields, M.D., *, ** Adele Lehman Professor and Chair,
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Julio Frenk, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., * Senior Researcher,
Mexican Health Foundation
Adetokunbo O. Lucas, M.D., D.P.H., * Professor of International Health,
Harvard School of Public Health
W. Henry Mosley, M.D., M.P.H., Director,
Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Adeline Wynante Patterson, M.D., M.P.H., Director,
Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute
David P. Rall, M.D., Ph.D., * Director (retired),
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Frederick C. Robbins, M.D., *, **
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Timothy Rothermel, J.D., Director,
Division for Global and Interregional Programmes, United Nations Development Programme
Noel S. Weiss, M.D., D.P.H., * Professor and Chairman,
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington
Barbara L. Wolfe, Ph.D., Professor,
Departments of Economics and Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin
IOM Staff
Polly F. Harrison, Ph.D., Director,
Division of International Health (April 1988–June 1994)
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*Member, Institute of Medicine. |
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**Member, National Academy of Sciences. |
BOARD ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
1995–PRESENT
Barry R. Bloom, Ph.D. (Cochair), * Investigator,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D. (Cochair), * Dean,
Harvard School of Public Health
John H. Bryant, M.D., *
Moscow, Vermont
Jacquelyne Campbell, Ph.D., R.N., Anna D. Wolf Endowed Professor,
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Richard G. A. Feachem, Ph.D., D.Sc., Senior Adviser,
Population, Health and Nutritrion Department, The World Bank
Julio Frenk, M.D., Ph.D., * Executive Vice President,
Mexican Health Foundation
Dean T. Jamison, Ph.D., * Professor,
Center for Pacific Rim Studies, University of California at Los Angeles
Eileen T. Kennedy, D.Sc., Executive Director,
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arthur Kleinman, M.D., *
Maude and Lillian Presley
Professor of Medical Anthropology, Professor of Psychiatry, and Chairman,
Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
William E. Paul, M.D., * Chief,
Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and
Director,
Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health
Patricia Rosenfield, Ph.D., Program Chair,
Strengthening Human Resources in Developing Countries, The Carnegie Corporation of New York
Thomas J. Ryan, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Senior Consultant in Cardiology,
Boston University School of Medicine
Susan C. M. Scrimshaw, Ph.D., * Dean,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ex-Officio
William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H., * Executive Director,
Task Force on Child Survival, Carter Center, Emory University
IOM Staff
Christopher P. Howson, Ph.D., Director,
Board on International Health
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*Member, Institute of Medicine. |
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**Member, National Academy of Sciences. |
