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Bernhard Liese, M.D., D.Sc., M.P.H.

Bernhard Liese is chair of the Department of International Health at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies.  He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of health and development. His area of concentration are governance and organization of global health partnerships, particularly disease-related ones, and the effects of globalization on health. Prior to joining Georgetown, Liese had a long career at the World Bank, working in senior policy and management functions including, director of the health services department, senior advisor for human development, operations advisor, and principal tropical disease specialist. He was deeply involved in establishing health lending at the World Bank and also was the organization’s representative for several of the large multi-donor global health programs. During a two-year secondment, he worked with UNDP’s Global Health Program as senior advisor on HIV/AIDS. Prior to joining the World Bank, Liese worked for several years as health project manager and director of a nursing and midwifery school for the Ministry of Health in Cameroon. Later, he was in charge of the Health Policy Desk in the Federal Ministry of Health in Germany. He holds an M.D. and a D.Sc. from the University of Bonn and an M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Bernhard Liese is chair of the Department of International Health at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies.  He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of health and development. His area of concentration are governance and organization of global health partnerships, particularly disease-related ones, and the effects of globalization on health. Prior to joining Georgetown, Liese had a long career at the World Bank, working in senior policy and management functions including, director of the health services department, senior advisor for human development, operations advisor, and principal tropical disease specialist. He was deeply involved in establishing health lending at the World Bank and also was the organization’s representative for several of the large multi-donor global health programs. During a two-year secondment, he worked with UNDP’s Global Health Program as senior advisor on HIV/AIDS. Prior to joining the World Bank, Liese worked for several years as health project manager and director of a nursing and midwifery school for the Ministry of Health in Cameroon. Later, he was in charge of the Health Policy Desk in the Federal Ministry of Health in Germany. He holds an M.D. and a D.Sc. from the University of Bonn and an M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health.