Victoria Hale
Victoria Hale founded the nonprofit pharmaceutical
company The Institute for OneWorld Health in San Victoria Hale
Francisco, California in 2000[1] and was its chairman Alma mater University of California, San
and CEO until 2008, when she became Chair Emeritus. Francisco
She then went on to found Medicines360, a nonprofit Awards MacArthur Fellow
pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing Scientific career
medicines for women and children, including pregnant
Institutions Food and Drug Administration
women.
(United States);
Genentech;
The Institute for OneWorld Health
Life
Hale earned her B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Maryland in 1983 and her Ph.D. in
pharmaceutical chemistry from the UCSF School of Pharmacy in 1990.[2] She is an Adjunct Associate
professor in Biopharmaceutical Sciences at UCSF, and an advisor to the World Health Organization
(WHO).
Her past affiliations include the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, and Genentech.[3]
Awards
2004: One of ten "Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs" by the Schwab Foundation for Social
Entrepreneurship[4]
2005: The Economist Innovation Award for Social and Economic Innovation[5]
2006: MacArthur Fellow[6]
2006: Ashoka Fellow[7]
2007: One of Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year for her work developing and
providing pharmaceutical care to the world's poor[8]
2012: Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Southern California[9]
References
OneWorld Health team profiles (http://www.oneworldhealth.org/about/our_team.php)
1. Elias, Paul (2004-02-09). "Nonprofits Work With Drug Firms to Treat Diseases in Third
World" (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-feb-09-fi-drugs9-story.html). Los
Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0458-3035). Retrieved
2016-05-01.
2. "Victoria Hale" (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2006/victoria-hale).
www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
3. "Victoria Hale" (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2006/victoria-hale).
www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
4. "Schwab foundation names Victoria Hale a social entrepreneur for 2004" (https://sciencesou
rces.eurekalert.org/news-releases/863019). EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
5. "And the winners are..." (https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2005/12/10/and-t
he-winners-are) The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0013-061
3). Retrieved 2024-06-07.
6. "Victoria Hale" (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2006/victoria-hale).
www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
7. "Victoria Hale | Ashoka" (https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/victoria-hale). www.ashoka.org.
Retrieved 2024-06-07.
8. Glamour (2007-11-05). "Victoria Hale, Women of the Year 2007" (https://www.glamour.com/
story/victoria-hale). Glamour. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
9. "Past Recipients – Honorary Degrees" (https://honorarydegrees.usc.edu/past-recipients/).
honorarydegrees.usc.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
Bibliography
Buse, Uwe Die Achse des Guten in der Spiegel nr. 48/27 Nov. 2006 (German language)
External links
Medicines360 official website (http://www.medicines360.org/)
The Institute for OneWorld Heath official website (http://www.oneworldhealth.org/)
MacArthur Fellow profile (https://web.archive.org/web/20081023074812/http://www.macfoun
d.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2070789/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B5D8A799A-19
C1-4C8B-8DFF-0E1CD9BA6AC4%7D¬oc=1)
Victoria Hale, an uncommon hero eradicating black fever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=fcPOd9Z-qxw), video by the Skoll Foundation
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