Robert Hecht, PhD
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Biography
Dr. Hecht joined Yale College faculty in 2014 as a lecturer at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he continues to teach a senior global health capstone course. In 2017, Dr. Hecht was appointed as a clinical professor at the Yale School of Public Health and has since instructed a course for second-year MPH students on improving health reform and health system management, organization, and financing in low and middle-income countries.
Concurrently, Dr. Robert Hecht is the President of Pharos Global Health Advisors. He has more than 30 years of experience in global health, nutrition and development, in senior management positions with the World Bank, UNAIDS, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and Results for Development. Rob is a widely recognized thought leader and policy analyst with a strong track record of advice to top decision makers and dozens of publications related to immunization, HIV, health financing, health sector reform, and nutrition.
Education & Training
- PhDCambridge University (1981)
- BAYale University (1976)
Activities
- Global Health Policy ResearchDakar, Senegal 2010
- Global Health Policy ResearchPhnom Penh, Cambodia 2009
- Global Health Policy ResearchCape Town, South Africa 2004
- Global Health Policy ResearchKampala, Uganda 2004
- Global Health Policy ResearchNairobi, Kenya 2004
- Global Health Policy ResearchMaseru, Lesotho 2004
- Global Health Policy ResearchNew Delhi, India 2001
- Global Health Policy ResearchNaypyitaw, Myanmar [Burma] 1999
- Global Health Policy ResearchBangkok, Thailand 1998
- Global Health Policy ResearchBrasília, Brazil 1997
- Global Health Policy ResearchBuenos Aires, Argentina 1995
- Global Health Policy ResearchYamoussoukro, Ivory Coast 1985
- Global Health Policy ResearchOuagadougou, Burkina Faso 1985