MIT World Speakers

Jonathan D. Quick

Dr. Jonathan Quick leads Management Sciences for Health, which aims to improve health care around the world through better public policy and management. Previously, he was Director of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. Quick graduated with an A.B. degree magna cum laude from Harvard University, and an M.D. with distinction in research and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Rochester; USA. Quick is a family physician and public health management specialist. He spent nearly 20 years of work in international health. He served as a long-term advisor for health systems development in Pakistan and Kenya and carried out assignments in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He practiced family medicine in the U.S. Indian Health Service, Oklahoma and Boston Quick has written or edited 11 books and more than 40 articles and chapters on essential medicines, public health, stress management, and executive health. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health; a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK); and a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.