2001-2002
Challenges
of Health in a Borderless World
 Overview
Press
Release
2001-2002
Scholar List
2001-2002
Distinguished Leader
2001-2002
NCS Brochure [.PDF]
NCS
Scholar Site [NCS globalhealth web site]
NCS
Plenary Session
Overview
 The
research theme for the first year of the New Century Scholars
Program, "Challenges of Health in a Borderless World,"
will aim to facilitate a deeper understanding of the social
context within which societies, nations and the global community
shape their response to disease in a period of increased global
interdependence and rapid socio-economic change.
The program will focus on how this broader social context contributes
to shaping the public health response to global health challenges
and disparities and what potential for innovation it brings to
global health governance. In particular, it will consider the
interface between economic, political and social issues and various
dimensions of population health such as inequality and poverty;
globalization and demographic transition; changing lifestyles,
cultural patterns and gender roles; access to health care and
essential drugs; development of new technologies and medicines;
social capital and capability development; governance and accountability;
market forces and consumer demand; regulatory environments and
resource allocations.
The program will further encourage an exploration
of the value base and the historical and cultural roots of global
health strategies. It will address the theoretical and interpretative
frameworks which drive the global health debate and critically
explore issues of hegemony and alienation, as seen from the perspective
of non-Western societies and developing nations. Indeed, the program
has as a goal to include a significant group of scholars from
developing countries.
Through these issues - and others that will emerge
through the program process - NCS participants will identify success,
failure, change and innovation in global health governance; explore
the roles and responsibilities of the many players (governments,
civil society and NGOs, international agencies and the private
sector); point out major social forces of transformation and propose
new approaches to health leadership in an interdependent world.
Ultimately, we hope that the New Century Scholars Program will
make a significant contribution toward strengthening global public
health.
2001-2002
New
Century Scholar Distinguished Leader
Ilona Kickbusch is Head of the Division of Global
Health at Yale University School of Medicine, in the Department
of Epidemiology and Public Health. Her major research interests
are in global health policy and governance, partnerships for health
development, healthy communities and social determinants of health.
Present research projects include health literacy, international
health promotion development and health and security
Dr. Kickbusch joined Yale after a long career with
the World Health Organization where she most recently held the
position of Director for Health Promotion, Education and Communication
at WHO Headquarters in Geneva. During her tenure at WHO, Dr. Kickbusch
initiated the OTTAWA Charter for Health Promotion and headed a
range of innovative programs such as Healthy Cities and Health
Promoting Schools.
Dr. Kickbusch acts as an advisor to the World Health
Organization and the Pan American Health Organization, the Commission
of the European Union, International Organizations, Foundations,
Non-Government Organizations and the private sector on matters
of global health and the development of health promotion. Currently,
she is serving as the senior health advisor to the United Nations
Association of the USA's global health campaign. She is a member
of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research advisory board
on Gender and Health and the Health Promotion Research review
board of the Finnish Academy of Science.
Dr. Kickbusch, a native of Germany, received her
Ph.D. at the University of Konstanz in Germany. She has published
and lectured widely on the new public health and is a member of
many professional organizations, editorial boards and advisory
groups. She is the founder and chair of the editorial board of
the journal Health Promotion International. She has received numerous
honors and awards for her achievements, most recently the meritorious
gold medal of the City of Vienna and the Salomon Neumann Medal
of the German Society for Social Medicine. She holds an honorary
professorship at the University of Bielefeld, Germany and a courtesy
appointment in political science at Yale University.
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