 Matthew Craven, MD’s first exposure to global health came during a month spent teaching HIV prevention seminars in Tanzania in 2001. While there he witnessed the ineffectiveness of existing healthcare delivery systems, especially to rural communities. This compelled him to return to Tanzania the following year to co-found Support for International Change (SIC), a non-profit organization working with the government to limit the impact of HIV in underserved communities through expanded access to education, testing, and treatment. Dr. Craven also started SIC’s global health leadership training programs, which aim to develop a new generation of leaders for the field. He served as Executive Director of SIC for the next five years, first based in Tanzania and then in the U.S. As a Global Health Equity resident, Dr. Craven hopes to gain the training necessary to improve health delivery mechanisms in the developing world. He looks forward to learning from Partners In Health’s integrated model of healthcare and social service provision, and would like to explore the roles and interactions of governments, non-profit organizations, and for-profit enterprise in global health delivery.
Dr. Craven earned his B.A. in Economics from Stanford University in 2001 and his M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2008. He currently serves as Chairman of the SIC Board of Directors. His research has focused on questions related to HIV testing and treatment in rural Tanzania and the interactions between secular and faith-based organizations in global health.
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