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Appendix C: Committee Member Biosketches
Pages 301-308

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From page 301...
... Additionally, he has served as vice chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; the first "independent member" of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees; a member of the Board on Global Health Board at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineer­ng, and Medicine; and chair of the National Advisory Council i of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
From page 302...
... She is a regular keynote speaker at international events and is the recipient of many national and international awards, including the Pakistani civil award Sitara-i-Imtiaz (star achiever) and the Global Innovation Award.
From page 303...
... Her global health work has earned her numerous awards and recognition, including a nomination by PharmaVOICE as one of the 100 Most Inspiring People in the life science industry in 2014. In addition to the publications she has authored and the studies she has conducted, she is a member of various boards, such as the Global Health Group Advisory Board of the University of California, San Francisco, NetFWD of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Advisory Board, and a member of the International Telecommunication Union/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development and of the Governing Council of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries.
From page 304...
... Dr. Chinbuah has worked as a medical officer providing clinical care in Ghana and has been responsible for managing several implementation studies supporting various programs, including the Child Health program and the National HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis programs.
From page 305...
... Dr. Dal Poz was invited to deliver a Regency Lecture on the "Global Response to the Health Workforce Crisis" at the Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research of the University of California in 2008 and was awarded the Oswald Cruz Gold Merit Medal from the Brazilian president for his contributions to public health.
From page 306...
... Her broad background in health care management in U.S. state and federal health agencies includes the role of chief executive of a health maintenance organization and a senior executive of UnitedHealth Group, where she founded and directed a research center.
From page 307...
... His key research outputs include modeling the cost of universal health coverage in Kenya, health financing strategies for the informal sector, fiscal space analysis, access barriers, and policy communication, among others. He currently heads the research unit at PharmAccess Foundation (Kenya)
From page 308...
... As lead for the pediatric work for the Central Africa International Epidemiologic Database to Evaluate AIDS, he has been a key member of the Collaborative Initiative for Pediatric HIV Education and Research Cohort Collaboration since its inception. Recently, he was invited to join the Global Burden of Disease Network, and more important, he was nominated by NIH to serve on the ad hoc committee that conducted the present study.


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