This biographical article is written like a résumé .(September 2022) |
Helene Gayle | |
---|---|
11thPresident of Spelman College | |
Assumed office July 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Mary Schmidt Campbell |
Personal details | |
Born | Buffalo,New York,U.S. | August 16,1955
Spouse | Stephen Keith |
Education | Barnard College (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MD) Johns Hopkins University (MPH) |
Helene D. Gayle (born August 16,1955) is an American physician,and academic and non-profit administrator. She has been president of Spelman College since 2023. She formerly was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust,one of the nation's leading community foundations. Earlier in her career she was the director of international humanitarian organization CARE,and spent much of her career in the field of public health research in epidemiology at the CDC.
Helene Gayle was born in Buffalo,New York,to Jacob Gayle,a small-business owner,and Marietta Gayle,a social worker. She attended Barnard College,from which she graduated with honors with a B.A. in psychology in 1976. She earned an M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (now the Bloomberg School).
Gayle is board certified in pediatrics,having completed a residency in pediatric medicine at Children's National Medical Center in Washington,D.C. [1] Gayle completed a second residency in preventive medicine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Beginning in 1984,Gayle spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),focusing on global health and infectious disease prevention and control,especially HIV/AIDS. On assignment from CDC from 1992 to 1994,Gayle was the AIDS coordinator and chief of the HIV/AIDS Division at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). [1] In 1995,she was appointed as the first director of the newly created National Center on HIV,TB and STD Prevention (NCHSTP). [2] During that time,she was named an Assistant Surgeon General and Rear Admiral in the United States Public Health Service. [3]
Initially on loan from the CDC,she directed the HIV,TB,and Reproductive Health Program at the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation from 2001 to 2006. [1] During her 5 years as director,she was responsible for research,policy,public awareness,and programs on HIV/AIDS,TB,STDs and reproductive health around the world.
Gayle was president and CEO of the international humanitarian organization CARE from 2006 to 2015. She led efforts to empower girls and women around the world to bring lasting change to poor communities. Under her leadership,CARE strengthened its focus on advocacy efforts and policy work to have a long-term impact on reducing poverty across the globe. Under her leadership,Gayle introduced signature programs that focused on financial inclusion,maternal health and improving girls' access to quality primary education.
From 2015 to 2017,Gayle was president and CEO of McKinsey Social Initiative (now McKinsey.org),a nonprofit that brings together diverse stakeholders to address complex global social challenges.
In 2017,Gayle became CEO of the Chicago Community Trust (the Trust),one of the nation's oldest and largest community foundations. Under her leadership,the trust adopted a new strategic focus on closing the racial and ethnic wealth gap in the Chicago region. The three-part strategy to close this gap centers around growing household wealth,catalyzing neighborhood investment and building collective power. [4] Gayle is recognized internationally as an expert on health,global development,and humanitarian issues. She was named one of Forbes' "100 Most Powerful Women," one of NonProfit Times' "Power and Influence Top 50," and of Chicago Magazine's "Chicago's 50 Most Powerful Women." [5] She been featured by media outlets like The New York Times,The Washington Post,ForbesWoman,Glamour,O magazine,National Public Radio,and CNN.
Gayle has received 18 honorary degrees and held affiliate and adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Washington and Emory University She has published numerous scientific articles on global and domestic public health issues,poverty alleviation,gender equality,and social justice. [6]
On April 25,2022,it was announced that Gayle was a candidate to succeed Mary Schmidt Campbell as the 11th president of liberal arts HBCU Spelman College. She began her official tenure on May 1,2023.
On 23 May 2024,Gayle was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in honor of President William Ruto at the White House. [7]
Barnard College,officially titled as Barnard College,Columbia University,is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer,who petitioned Columbia University's trustees to create an affiliated college named after Columbia's then-recently deceased 10th president,Frederick A.P. Barnard. The college is one of the original Seven Sisters—seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that were historically women's colleges.
Spelman College is a private,historically Black,women's liberal arts college in Atlanta,Georgia. It is a founding member of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary,Spelman awarded its first college degrees in 1901 and is the oldest private historically Black liberal arts institution for women.
James Jude Orbinski is a Canadian physician,humanitarian activist,author and leading scholar in global health. Orbinski was the 2016-17 Fulbright visiting professor at the University of California,Irvine,and as of September 1,2017,he is professor and inaugural director of the Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research at York University in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. He was previously the CIGI Chair in Global Health Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Wilfrid Laurier University (2012-2017),Chair of Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (2010-2012) and full professor at the Faculty of Medicine,University of Toronto (2003-2012),where he was the founding Saul Rae Fellow at Massey College. Orbinski's current research interests focus on the health impacts of climate change,medical humanitarianism,intervention strategies around emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases,and global health governance.
Midwestern University (MWU) is a private medical and professional school with campuses in Downers Grove,Illinois and Glendale,Arizona. As of the 2022–23 academic year,a total of 2,758 students were enrolled at the Downers Grove campus and 3,782 were enrolled at the Glendale campus.
David Satcher,is an American physician,and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 10th Assistant Secretary for Health,and the 16th Surgeon General of the United States.
The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons is the medical school of Columbia University,located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is a private medical school in Atlanta,Georgia. Originally a part of Morehouse College,the school became independent in 1981.
Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University,where he was a University Professor and the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was the co-founder and chief strategist of Partners In Health (PIH),an international non-profit organization that since 1987 has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty. He was professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Mary Steichen Calderone was an American physician,author,public speaker,and public health advocate for reproductive rights and sex education.
Catherine Bertini is an American public servant. She is the 2003 World Food Prize Laureate. She was the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program from 1992 to 2002. She served as the UN Under-Secretary for Management from 2003 to 2005. Currently she is a distinguished fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,the Chair of the Board of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Chair of the Executive Board of the Crop Trust.
The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Columbia University. Located on the Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan,New York City,the school is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hamburg is an American physician and public health administrator,who is serving as the chair of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and co-chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). She served as the 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from May 2009 to April 2015.
Helen Rodríguez Trías was an American pediatrician,educator and women's rights activist. She was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association (APHA),a founding member of the Women's Caucus of the APHA,and a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. She is credited with helping to expand the range of public health services for women and children in minority and low-income populations around the world.
Zena Athene Stein was a South African epidemiologist,activist and doctor. She was professor of epidemiology and psychiatry at Columbia University.
Salim S. Abdool Karim,MBChB,MMed,MS(Epi),FFPHM,FFPath (Virol),DipData,PhD,DSc(hc),FRS is a South African public health physician,epidemiologist and virologist who has played a leading role in the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemic. His scientific contributions have impacted the landscape of HIV prevention and treatment,saving thousands of lives.
Margaret Cornelia Morgan Lawrence was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst,gaining those qualifications in 1948. Her work included clinical care,teaching,and research,particularly into the presence and development of ego strength in inner-city families. Lawrence studied young children identified as "strong" by their teachers in Georgia and Mississippi,as well as on sabbatical in Africa in 1973,writing two books on mental health of children and inner-city families. Lawrence was chief of the Developmental Psychiatry Service for Infants and Children at Harlem Hospital for 21 years,as well as associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S),retiring in 1984.
Natalia Kanem is a medical doctor who currently serves as the Executive Director of UNFPA,the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. In this capacity,she is among the highest-ranking women at the United Nations and the first Latin American to head UNFPA.
Hortensia Amaro is a Cuban-American educator,and formerly Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University and Associate Vice Provost of Community Research and Dean's Professor of Social Work and Preventative Medicine at the University of Southern California. Amaro was born in Cuba and moved to Los Angeles,California as a child. From a young age,she recognized that there was a demand for public health services in her area,particularly by immigrants and minorities. Amaro assisted in the development and implementation of numerous treatment and prevention models as well as the creation and establishment of several clinical interventions and programs dedicated to substance abuse,mental health and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention that target women and minorities.
Camara Phyllis Jones is an American physician,epidemiologist,and anti-racism activist who specializes in the effects of racism and social inequalities on health. She is known for her work in defining institutional racism,personally mediated racism,and internalized racism in the context of modern U.S. race relations. During the COVID-19 pandemic,Jones drew attention to why racism and not race is a risk factor and called for actions to address structural racism.
Melissa Andrea Simon is an American clinical obstetrician/gynecologist and scientist who focuses on health equity across the lifespan. Simon is founder and director of the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago,Illinois,and founder of the Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative,a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer partnership led by the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University,Northeastern Illinois University,and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the George H. Gardner,MD Professor of Clinical Gynecology,the Vice-Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,tenured professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Preventive Medicine and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,and Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.