Jonathan D. Quick is a family physician and public health management specialist that focuses on global health security. He is adjunct professor of global health at

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

in North Carolina. His book ''The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It'' was published in 2018.

Career

Quick has worked in international health since 1978. From 1989 to 1991, he worked as a health service development advisor for the Afghanistan Health Sector Support Project. From 1998 to 2004, he was director of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (EDM) for the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

(WHO) in Geneva. From 2004 to 2017 he was president and chief executive officer at Management Sciences for Health (MSH), transitioning to Senior Fellow in January 2017. He is a former chair of the Global Health Council, and has been a faculty member at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

. He is currently

adjunct professor An adjunct professor is a type of academic appointment in higher education who does not work at the establishment full-time. The terms of this appointment and the job security of the tenure vary in different parts of the world, however the genera ...

of global health at

in North Carolina. In his book ''The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It,'' Quick "prescribed measures by which the world could protect itself against devastating disease outbreaks of the likes of the

1918 flu The 1918–1920 influenza pandemic, commonly known by the misnomer Spanish flu or as the Great Influenza epidemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was ...

". He graduated from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

and

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The University of Roc ...

Publications

As sole author

*''Rhinos in the Rough: a Golfer's Guide to Kenya.'' Nairobi: Kenway, 1993. By Tina L. Quick, Jonathan D. Quick and Robert W. Burdick. . *''The End of Epidemics: the Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It.'' New York:

St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to: Places * St. Martins, Missouri, a city in the USA * St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, an island off the Cornish coast, England * St Martin's, North Yorkshire, England * St Martins, Perth and Kinross, Scotland ...

, 2018. . With Bronwyn Fryer. With a foreword by

David L. Heymann David L. Heymann (born 1946) is an American infectious disease epidemiologist and public health expert, based in London. Early life and education Heymann was born in Pennsylvania, USA. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State ...

As contributor

*''The Financial Times Guide to Executive Health: Building Your Strengths, Managing Your Risks.'' London:

Pearson Education Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, ...

, 2002. . Co-author. *''MDS-3: Managing Access to Medicines and Health Technologies.'' Management Sciences for Health, 2012.

References

External links

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Website for the book ''The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quick, Jonathan D. American public health doctors Duke University faculty Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Harvard College alumni University of Rochester alumni 1942 births American medical writers