Nils Daulaire is the director of the Office of Global Health Affairs for the United States Department of Health and Human Services

United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"...

, a position he has held since March 22, 2010.

Prior to his appointment he served for over a decade as President and CEO of the Global Health Council

Global Health Council

The Global Health Council is a United States-based non-profit networking organizing linking "several hundred health non-governmental organizations around the world to share knowledge and resources, build partnerships and together become stronger advocates for health"...

 where he promoted public health

Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...

 causes in developing countries.

From 1993-1998 he served as senior international health advisor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He has been the United States' head negotiator in health affairs at international conferences.

Education

Daulaire holds degrees from Harvard College

Harvard College

Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...

, Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

, and the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.