NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

William A. Haseltine is chair and president of ACCESS Health International, an international think tank and advisory group on health. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health from 1976 to 1993, where he was founder and the chair of two academic research departments, the Division of Biochemical Pharmacology and the Division of Human Retrovirology. He is well known for his pioneering work on cancer, HIV/AIDS and genomics. He has authored more than 200 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and is the author of several books, including “Affordable Excellence: The Singapore Healthcare Story” and the upcoming “Aging with Dignity,” expected to be published this fall.