Published November 1, 2007, last updated on February 25, 2013
Robert Malkin, a professor of the practice in biomedical engineering at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and a founder of Engineering World Health (EWH), has accepted a new role as a representative to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) beginning in January 2008, when he will attend his first board meeting and The World Health Assembly in Geneva.
The WHO board serves in a manner analogous to the board of directors of a corporation, according to Malkin. Its member states prepare and approve the agenda for the WHO and for the World Health Assembly. Malkin will serve as a representative of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), a conglomeration of organizations that represents the field of biomedical engineering to WHO. IFMBE is one of about 75 such groups that serve as representatives to the WHO board, including the International College of Surgeons, The World Bank and The United Nations.
Pratt science writer Kendall Morgan talked with Malkin about what he hopes to achieve in his new position.
