This honor is the third international award in three weeks that recognizes Hale's leadership and vision in establishing OneWorld Health. On Sept. 3 she was named one of five global laureates in health by the Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose, Calif.). One week prior to that, she was selected as one of 10 outstanding global entrepreneurs by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.oneworldhealth.org/news/news.html).
The Leadership Foundation is the educational and charitable arm of the International Women's Forum, a global association of about 3,800 top women leaders from 20 countries. The Leadership Foundation Fellows Program is the only leadership training of its kind in the world, designed for women of cultural, professional and geographic diversity. Aimed at high potential women who have the ability to excel at the highest levels of their organizations, the Fellows Program sustains, grooms and promotes up-and-coming women leaders.
Hale's pharmaceutical career spans 15 years, including regulatory and industry experience at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and biotech pioneer Genentech, Inc. At the FDA, Hale and a team of colleagues led a successful two-year campaign to ensure women and minorities were included in clinical trials, ending an exclusionary practice that persisted in
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Contact: Joanne Hasegawa
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Institute for OneWorld Health
15-Sep-2003