Title: A Smoke-Free World
Speaker: Dr. Derek Yach, President of Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
Date and Time: 7.00PM, October 9th
Venue: Auditorium
Abstract:
Dr. Derek Yach will introduce the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and how being in China helps them in the work they are doing. He will also talk about his time at the WHO.
Biography:
Dr. Derek Yach, a global health expert and anti-smoking advocate for more than 30 years, is the president of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. Throughout his career, he has supported and led smoking cessation research and policy development and has been a strong proponent of harm-reduction policies.
Dr. Yach is also a former World Health Organization (WHO) cabinet director and executive director for noncommunicable diseases and mental health where he was deeply involved with the development of the world’s treaty on tobacco control, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
He is also the former Chief Health Officer of the Vitality Group, Executive Director of the Vitality Institute, SVP global health and agriculture policy at PepsiCo, Director of Global Health at the Rockefeller Foundation, and a Professor of Global Health at Yale University. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles on global health.
主题：一个无烟的世界
演讲人：德里克·亚赫(Derek Yach)博士，无烟世界基金会总裁
时间：10月9日晚7.00
地点：报告厅
摘要：
德里克·亚赫(Derek Yach)博士将介绍无烟世界基金会(Foundation for a Smoke-Free World)以及中国对他们工作的帮助，他也将介绍他在世界卫生组织的工作。
演讲人简介：
德里克·亚赫(Derek Yach)博士是全球健康专家、无烟世界基金会(Foundation for a Smoke-Free World)主席，30多年来一直倡导禁烟。职业生涯中，他一直支持和领导戒烟研究和政策的发展，并一直是减少烟草危害政策的坚定支持者。
亚赫博士还曾担任世界卫生组织总干事内阁主任以及非传染性疾病和精神健康执行主任，他深入参与了《烟草控制框架条约》的制定工作。
他曾是Vitality Group首席健康官、Vitality Institute执行董事、百事公司全球健康和农业政策高级副总裁、洛克菲勒基金会全球健康总监，以及耶鲁大学全球健康教授。他撰写或合著了250多篇关于全球健康的同行评议文章。
