Faculty Profile
Richard G. A. Feachem, CBE, BSc, PhD, DSc(Med), FREng, FICE, FIWEM, HonFFPHM
Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Founding Director, Institute for Global Health
UCSF Box 1224
50 Beale Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94105
Dr. Richard Feachem was appointed in April 1999 to be the founding Director of the Institute for Global Health (IGH), a joint initiative of UCSF and UC Berkeley. He is Professor of International Health at both schools. Dr. Feachem is the former Director and Senior Advisor for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, and also served for six years as Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. At present, he is on a very extended leave of absence while he serves as Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Dr. Feachem expects to return to UCSF in about mid-2007. Until then, he will not be able to address any student concerns or provide mentoring.
Principal Research Interests
- Health policy
- Health and economic development
- International and environmental health
Principal Teaching Activities
- International health policy
Selected University & Public Service
- Board Member and Treasurer, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
- Member, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health
- Member, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine
- Chair, Foundation Council, Global Forum for Health Research