Victor Dzau

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Person.png Victor Dzau  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(doctor)
Born曹文凱
23 October 1945
Shanghai, China
NationalityUS
Alma materMcGill University
Member ofGlobal Preparedness Monitoring Board, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Victor Joseph Dzau is a Chinese-American doctor and academic.[1][2][3] He is President of the United States National Academy of Medicine.[4]

Career

Dzau "has led the National Acedemy of Medicine's response to COVID-19, which includes numerous committees, reports, consultations and communication on a range of issues including public health, vaccine allocation, health equity and mental health." Under his tenure, the NAM launched a Grand Challenge in Climate Change and Human Health & Equity "to reverse the negative effects of climate change on health and social equity by activating the entire biomedical community, communicating and educating the public about climate change and health...and leading bold action to decarbonize the health care sector.[5]

He was on the Board of Health Governors of the World Economic Forum and chaired its Global Agenda Council on Personalized and Precision Medicine.


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/201126 January 201130 January 2011World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2230 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201225 January 201229 January 2012World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016SwitzerlandAttended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201922 January 201925 January 2019World Economic Forum
Switzerland
WEF/Annual Meeting/202021 January 202024 January 2020World Economic Forum
Switzerland
This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/202222 May 202226 May 2022Switzerland1912 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023World Economic Forum
Switzerland
The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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