Английская Википедия:Catharina Boehme
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox medical person Catharina Boehme is the Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Governance[1] of the World Health Organization. She previously served as WHO Chef de Cabinet, and is known for her work in developing diagnostic tests for diseases such as tuberculosis and for advocating for increased testing for the COVID-19 disease.
Early life and education
Boehme graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2002 in Internal Medicine from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[2] She has diplomas in Public Health from Charité and in Management & Leadership from the International Institute for Management Development at Heidelberg University.[3]
Career
Early in her career, Boehme worked at the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Munich and established a tuberculosis diagnostic research unit in Tanzania.[4]
Boehme became Chief Executive Officer of Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in 2013. In this capacity, she worked on a collaboration with other partners within the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator to make tests for COVID-19 more broadly available.[5][2] In 2021 Boehme joined the World Health Organization as Chef de Cabinet to Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.[6]
Research
Boehme's early research was on an enzyme within the parasite that causes malaria,[7] and the development of new testing methods for the detection of tuberculosis.[8][9][10] Boehme has written in Nature Medicine about the need for diagnostic testing as a means to prevent the spread of diseases such as COVID-19.[11]
Other activities
- World Health Summit (WHS), Member of the Steering Committee[12]
Selected publications
References
External links
- Английская Википедия
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