Notable signatories

Nobel Laureates | Science and medicine | Public health | Civil society | Organizations

Nobel Laureates

Peter Agre—2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Vice Chancellor for Science and Technology, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center
Kenneth Arrow—1972 Nobel Laureate in Economics; 2004 National Medal of Science; Professor of Economics (Emeritus), Stanford University
Craig Mello—2006 Nobel Laureate in Medicine; Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
John Polanyi—1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; Professor, University of Toronto
Oliver Smithies—2007 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Excellence Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jack Steinberger—1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Sir John Sulston—2002 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
Desmond Tutu—1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, human rights activist
Harold Varmus—1989 Nobel Laureate in Medicine; Founder of Public Library of Science (PLoS); Chairman of the Scientific Board of Grand Challenges in Global Health

Science and medicine

Dr. Robert Einterz—Indiana University Associate Dean of the IU-Kenya Partnership
David A. Hamburg, MD—President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of NY; DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar; Co-Chair, Social Medicine and Public Policy Programs, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
Robert E. Johnston, PhD—Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Director of the Carolina Vaccine Institute, Director of Global Vaccines Inc., UNC-Chapel Hill
Samuel Katz, MD—2007 Pollin Prize recipient, Wilburt C. Davison Professor & Chairman Emeritus of pediatrics, Duke University
Mario Stevenson, PhD—Director of Center for AIDS Research and Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
John Sullivan, MD—Director of Office of Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Public health and policy

Dr. Chris Byrer—Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; Director, Johns Hopkins Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program; Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health & Human Rights; Senior Scientific Liaison, HIV Vaccine Trials Network; Associate Director, Center for Global Health
Paul Farmer—Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology, Harvard University
Sir Richard Feachem—Professor of International Health at the University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, former Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Donald A. Henderson, MD, MPH—Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; former Director of the World Health Organization’s Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign
Jim Yong Kim—François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
James Orbinski—Associate Professor Medicine and Politcal Science & Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto; former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières
Dr. Thomas Quinn—Professor; Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
Jeffrey Sachs—Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University and Director, UN Millennium Project

Civil society

Zackie Achmat—Founder and Chairman, Treatment Action Campaign
Victoria Hale—Founder and former CEO of the Institute for OneWorld Health
Stephen Lewis—Former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
Bernard Pecoul—Executive Director of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

Organizations

American Medical Students Association
Dignitas International
Institute for OneWorld Health
International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA)
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)'s Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
Medsin-UK
Oxfam International
Partners in Health