Announcing the 2019 Global Health Catalyst awardees

On behalf of the 2019 Global Health Catalyst (GHC) summit organizing committee, we are excited to announce the 2019 Distinguished Global Health Catalyst Award winners.

Awardees are nominated and voted for by the GHC organizing committee and past award winners. Award winners will be specially recognized during the 2019 summit at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center May 24-26, 2019.

2019 GHC Award Winners include:

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst Distinguished Leader Award.

Professor Anthony Zietman

Editor-in-Chief,The Red Journal

Professor, Harvard Medical School

http://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/insider/member-detail/member/anthony-l-zietman-md-fastro/

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst Honorary Leadership Award

Congressmember Karen Bass

Chair, House Subcommittee on Global Health, Africa

Global Human Rights, & International Organizations

United States Government

https://bass.house.gov/

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst Industry Leader Award.

Mr. Dow Wilson

President and CEO,

Varian Medical Systems

https://www.varian.com/about-varian/leadership-and-governance/executives/dow-r-wilson

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst African Ambassador Award.

Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai

President-elect AORTIC

Founder & President, Breast Care International

https://www.breastcareinternational.org/index.php/founder/30-bci-ghana

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst Cancer Advocacy Champion Award.

Her Excellency Mrs. Dorothy Nyong’o

Managing Trustee, African Cancer Foundation Kenya

https://www.africacancerfoundation.org/

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst Distinguished Young Leader Award.

Dr. Nazik Hammad

Vice president of AORTIC, North America Region

Associate professor, Queen’s University

http://oncology.queensu.ca/divisions/divisions/medical_oncology/nazik_hammad

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst Ambassador Award.

Dr. Stephen Avery

Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p33078

§ 2019 Global Health Catalyst Humanitarian Award.

Mr. Hue Jackson

President, Hue Jackson Foundation

https://www.huejackson.org/

Join us for the awards dinner and Global Health Catalyst summit May 24-26th 2019. Register here www.globalhealthcatalystsummit.org

Previous Award winners Ed Benz (Former President of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), Kwanele Asante (African Health Equity Activist)