Dr. Zeke Emanuel

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the Chair of the Clinical Center Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, is currently serving as a Special Advisor on Health Policy to the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  He is also a breast oncologist and author.

Dr. Emanuel received the Malaria Vision Award for his work as Special Advisor on Health Policy to the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Vision Award is given to a leader who serves as a strong voice for effective malaria policies. Dr. Emanuel's insights on how the global health arena should be shaped in the coming years will be instrumental to our success both against malaria and other diseases

For the last decade, Dr. Emanuel has worked on global health especially on issues related to malaria and HIV/AIDS.  He has trained researchers in developing countries on the ethics of clinical research and conducted numerous studies of ethical issues related to research in developing countries. He helped develop the Fair Benefits Framework for collaborative research between researchers in developing and developed countries, and focusing on improving the health of women and children.  Recently, Dr. Emanuel has co-edited two books on global health: Exploitation and Developing Countries (Princeton University Press) and Ethical Issues in International Biomedical Research: A Casebook (Oxford University Press).  In his role at OMB, Dr. Emanuel has been involved in developing President Obama's Global Health Initiative. 

He has received numerous awards including election to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Science and the Association of American Physicians.  Hippocrates Magazine selected him as Doctor of the Year in Ethics. He received the AMA-Burroughs Welcome Leadership Award, the Public Service Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the John Mendelsohn Award from the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and a Fulbright Scholarship (which he declined).  In 2007, Roosevelt University presented Dr. Emanuel with the President's Medal for Social Justice.