The Center for Innovation in Global Health will host Dr. Chris Elias, President of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for a Q&A that will touch on Dr. Elias’s long career in health & medicine, his work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and current issues in global health. The event is facilitated by Stanford Medicine’s Paul Costello and is part of the Conversations in Global Health seminar series.

Please RSVP here by April 8.

As president of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Elias leads the foundation’s efforts in integrated and innovative delivery, finding creative new ways to ensure solutions and products get into the hands of people in developing countries who need them most. Focusing on areas with the potential for high-impact, sustainable solutions that can reach hundreds of millions of people, Dr. Elias oversees Global Development’s portfolio in Agriculture Development; Family Planning; Financial Services for the Poor; Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health; Polio; Vaccines Delivery; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; and Special Initiatives.

Dr. Elias’s professional background is in health and medicine, most recently having served as the president and CEO of PATH, an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors. Elias currently serves on various advisory boards, including the Nike Foundation and the Duke Global Health Institute.