Name Christopher Elias | ||
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Education University of Washington, Creighton University | ||
Q a with christopher elias at johns hopkins university
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.
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.
Elias has worked as a Senior Associate at the International Programs Division of the Population Council. He served as Country Representative of Thailand.
In 2005, he was selected a Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the Schwab Foundation.
On October 31, 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation formally announced the appointment of Elias to the position of President of its Global Development Program. In his role, Elias is responsible of leading the foundation's efforts in developing countries to overcome hunger, poverty and disease.