Jonathan Quick, adjunct professor of global health at DGHI.
Published April 15, 2020, last updated on July 27, 2020 under Education News
Jonathan Quick, an adjunct professor with the Duke Global Health Institute, has been named to lead a prominent new initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation to study the global response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Effective immediately, Quick will serve in the newly created role of managing director for pandemic response, preparedness and prevention at The Rockefeller Foundation. His work will be part of a $20 million COVID-19 assistance commitment to strengthen pandemic preparedness and support for vulnerable communities.
"Our aim is to support country and global partners in responding to the current crisis, while investing in the defenses needed to make all of us substantially safer from devastating epidemics like Ebola and catastrophic pandemics like COVID-19," Quick says.
Quick joined DGHI in 2018, following a distinguished career in global health leadership and service. A family physician and health management specialist, he was director of essential medicines at the World Health Organization. In 2018, he wrote a book, The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It, describing evidence on the most effective public health measures to prevent a pandemic.
Quick also served as president and chief executive officer of the global health nonprofit Management Sciences for Health from 2004 to 2017. Throughout his career, he has worked on global health issues in more than 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
In the past few months, Quick’s expertise has been highly sought after by international media covering the spread of the novel coronavirus, appearing on BBC, CNBC, CNN, ABC News, MSNBC, and France 24, among others.
While working with The Rockefeller Foundation, Quick will continue to serve as an adjunct professor at Duke, where he has taught classes on global health policy and implementation.
“Jono’s appointment is a testament to his outstanding record of leadership and accomplishment in global health,” said Chris Plowe, director of the Duke Global Health Institute. “In this new role he will not only help the world manage the ongoing pandemic, but be better prepared for the inevitable next one.”
