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Appendix D: Committee Member Biosketches
Pages 351-360

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From page 351...
... ambassador to South Africa in 2004. She previously served in government from 1998 to 1999 as a CFR International Affairs Fellow, first at the Pentagon as a political-military planner with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, working on West Africa during Nigeria's transition to civilian rule, and then as director for African affairs at the National Security Council, working on Central and East Africa.
From page 352...
... . He is an author of more than 900 scientific articles in international medical journals, and has published as lead editor of two leading books on clinical cardiology and research.
From page 353...
... Ms. Abbam is responsible for the strategic direction of government affairs and policy for GE Healthcare, the $18 billion business unit of General Electric that provides transformational medical technologies and solutions to health customers in more than 100 countries.
From page 354...
... Frederick M Burkle, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., DTM, is senior fellow and scientist, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, and Harvard­ School of Public Health, and senior associate faculty and research scientist, the Center for Refugee & Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutes.
From page 355...
... In her current endeavor, Dr. Chin has been the architect behind a digital health infrastructure built on interconnected technology and service platforms developed by AT&T, IBM, and PwC, designed to support secure and private sharing of contextualized patient health profiles synthesized from not only electronic health record (EHR)
From page 356...
... Dr. Ferguson is a widely sought after consultant and keynote speaker worldwide addressing various nursing, health professional, and global and domestic health issues.
From page 357...
... . He serves on the LSHTM Global NCD Advisory Board as the lead for the West Africa Hub on NCD for the LSHTM.
From page 358...
... His research focused on the ­ etiology and epidemiology of acute diarrheal diseases, including cholera, in developing countries and on the cause of travelers' diarrhea in persons visiting these countries. In 1978, he joined WHO as a medical officer in the Diarrheal Diseases Control Program.
From page 359...
... Dr. Narasimhan joined Novartis in 2005 and has held numerous leadership positions in development and commercial functions.
From page 360...
... He is an international leader in trauma, injury and emergency surgery and has a wide understanding of barriers and possible solutions to conduct research in emergency, trauma, and acute care settings in low- and middle-income countries. He has actively participated in surveillance and registry designs for trauma in acute care surgery in Central and South America.


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