Christopher J. Elias is the former president and CEO of the

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, 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.

Education

Elias received his MD from

Creighton University Creighton University is a private Jesuit research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate and undergra ...

, completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine at the

University of California, San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It con ...

, and received his MPH from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...

Career

Elias has worked as a senior associate at the International Programs Division of the

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. He served as country representative of

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. In October 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation formally announced the appointment of Elias to the position of president of its global development program. In this role, Elias is responsible of leading the foundation's efforts in developing countries to overcome hunger, poverty and disease.

Other activities

* Exemplars in Global Health, Member of the Senior Advisory Board (since 2020) *

, member of the board of trustees *

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgi ...

(CDC), member of the advisory committee to the director *

, member of the global health external advisory board * Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), co-chair of the reference group * Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, member of the lead group (since 2016, appointed by

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Ban Ki-moon)

Recognition

* 2005 – Social Entrepreneur of the Year, awarded by the Schwab FoundationSchwab Foundation

References

External links

Social Innovation Conversations, June 20, 2008
Gates Foundation bio

Event 201 press release
from

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"A WORLD AT RISK"
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board 2019 annual report, W.H.O. (Elias and Fauci are on p. 42)
"A WORLD IN DISORDER"
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board 2020 annual report, W.H.O. (Elias and Fauci are on p. 45) Living people American nonprofit chief executives Year of birth missing (living people) Creighton University alumni University of California, San Francisco alumni University of Washington School of Public Health alumni {{Washington-bio-stub