Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH

• Director of International Programs, UCSF School of Medicine
• Coordinator of Educational Programs, Global Health Sciences
• Professor in Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

A graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the UCSF Family Practice Residency in Santa Rosa, California, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Tom Novotny served for 23-years in the United States Public Health Service. During that career, he was a National Health Service Corps Family Physician in northern California, an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC liaison to the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, and CDC liaison to the World Bank. He most recently was Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Refugee Health in the Department of Health and Human Services and an Assistant Surgeon General.

Dr. Novotny has worked extensively in tobacco control and in health systems reform, particularly in Eastern Europe. He has published widely on tobacco issues and has been a contributing author and editor of several Reports of the Surgeon General on Tobacco and Health. He consults regularly with the World Bank and other international organizations, and serves on the UC Senior International Leaders Council and the Board of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. His research now includes HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe, the Bioethics of Globalization, and non-communicable disease control. He supervises the Area of Concentration in Global Health and Training in Clinical Research courses for medical students; he coordinates UCSF Global Health Sciences educational activities for pre-doctoral and doctoral students, as well as training activities for international scholars.

Recent Publications

• Bioethical Implications of Globalization: An International Consortium Project of the European Commission
  
• US Department of Health and Human Services: A Need for Global Health Leadership in Preparedness and Health Diplomacy
  *Reprinted with permission from the American Public Health Association.