Kalipso Chalkidou
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Kalipso Chalkidou | |
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 Chalkidou speaks at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in 2015 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Imperial College London National Institute for Health and Care Excellence London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Kalipso Chalkidou (born in 1976) is the Head of Health Finance at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and a visiting professor at Imperial College London. Previously she was Director of Global Health Policy at the Center for Global Development and Professor of Practice in Global Health at Imperial College London. Her research considers how local expertise can inform the allocation of scientific and healthcare resources.
Chalkidou was born in Greece. Initially, she wanted to become a train driver.[1] Instead, Chalkidou became a physician. She originally studied medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.[2] She completed a doctoral degree in molecular biology at Newcastle University. She has said that one of her greatest inspirations was Che Guevara.[1] Whilst completing her doctoral research, Chalkidou completed her clinical rotations in basic surgery. Her research considered novel therapies for prostate cancer.
