|
Raj Shah manages the foundation’s Agricultural Development and Financial Services for the Poor initiatives. He previously served as director of Strategic Opportunities and as senior economist, helping develop the foundation’s global health strategy and managing the Vaccine Fund. He also helped launch the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
Shah worked previously as a health-care policy advisor on the Gore 2000 presidential campaign. He also co-founded the consulting firm Health Systems Analytics, worked at the World Health Organization, and was a policy aide in the British Parliament. Shah currently serves on the boards of City Year Seattle, the Global Development Network, the Washington Coalition for Mental Health Parity, and Project IMPACT for South Asian Americans, a non-profit organization he co-founded in 1995.
Shah earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and M.Sc. in Health Economics at the Wharton School of Business. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the London School of Economics and has published articles on health policy and global development. | 