Christopher J. Elias is the president of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[1][2] since 2012, and the former president and CEO of the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, also known as PATH, a nonprofit organization that improves global health by ensuring that innovations in science and technology are available to low income groups and developing countries, a role he held from 2000 to 2011.
[2] Elias received his MD from Creighton University,[2] completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco,[2] and received his MPH from the University of Washington.
[2] Prior to his role at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and PATH, Dr. Elias worked as a senior associate at the International Programs Division of the Population Council.
He served as country representative of Thailand.
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