Eric Goosby
Dr. Eric Goosby is an internationally recognized expert on infectious diseases who has participated in program and policy development at the highest levels of government. He was the founding director of the Ryan White CARE Act in 1991 and subsequently served in the Clinton Administration to expand the program considerably. As Global AIDS Coordinator under President Barack Obama, he was responsible for implementing the President's emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
He currently serves as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Tuberculosis. Dr. Goosby is an elected member of the National Academy and currently serves as Director of the UCSF Center for Implementation Sciences. He has served as a mentor to countless mentees in areas of policy and advocacy for millions of patients living with HIV and other infectious diseases
STRIPE
STRIPE is a PEPFAR funded project to capacitate medical and nursing schools to deliver optimal HIV care. A key facet of this involves next generation of health leaders to be better equipped to engage in health diplomacy in their settings
USAID STAR
The overall goal of USAID Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is to strengthen the capacity of global health professionals and organizations, so they can implement stronger programs, achieve better results, and make a bigger impact in the global health field.
UN Special Envoy & Lancet Commission on TB
The Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Tuberculosis works with the TB community to advance global efforts to end TB by 2030. The UN Special Envoy, Dr. Eric Goosby, MD, advocates for financial, political, scientific, and technical support necessary to achieve this ambitious goal.
