Biography

Professor Michel Kazatchkine has over 35 years of experience in global health as a leading physician, researcher, administrator, advocate, policymaker, and diplomat. He attended medical school in Paris with postdoctoral fellowships at St. Mary’s Hospital, London and Harvard Medical School. He is an Emeritus Professor of Immunology at René Descartes University in Paris. Professor Kazatchkine has served as Director of the National Agency for Research on AIDS in France, French ambassador on HIV/AIDS, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe. He is a Senior Fellow with the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva.