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Edward McIntosh

My life to this point has been exiting, challenging and fun-filled, and I have indeed been most fortunate—my health is good and now that I am working less, even my tennis is improving. To this day, I often reflect back on the fun I had growing up in David City as well as the wonderful experiences and values I learned in school--values that have stood the test of time. Now, late in life I am enjoying the experience of raising a teenage daughter (I was 52 when my daughter Kathryn, nicknamed Kat, was born) and loving and being loved by my wife, Linda, these last 19 years—it took me a long time to get it right!
Following graduation from DCHS, I attended the University of Michigan and am a graduate of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health (MS and ScD) as well as being board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology.
From 1964 to 1976 I was a basic researcher (isolated and characterized ovarian cytochrome P-450, the mitochondrial enzyme that controls progesterone synthesis) while on the faculty at Harvard. Because of my clinical experience dealing with women’s health issues in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I became committed to advocating for change and to this day continue to serve as a political advocate with several national and international organizations.
I began my public health career in 1960 by working as health assistant to Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Gabon, West Africa following graduation from the University of Michigan. Over the years, I have worked globally in more than 40 developing countries and spent nearly five of the best years of my life years in Nepal (I met and married Linda there) serving as an advisor to the king, Birhendra, and his majesty’s government in the reproductive health (population and family planning, abortion rights, maternal and newborn health, HIV/AIDS, infection prevention and cervical cancer prevention). In addition, I have held senior technical and management positions in four US-based, international health agencies and for 15 years (1988-2003)was president and director of the JHPIEGO Corporation, a nonprofit affiliate of Johns Hopkins University.
Academically, I have held tenured positions in four universities and professorships in three. Currently, I am Adjunct Professor of International Health at Tulane University and Senior Associate in both the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Over the years, I have published over 50 scientific articles and authored or edited 10 books. In addition, I have presented my work internationally at numerous conferences and symposia, served for several years on NIH study sections and was a member of the USAID/CONRAD Technical Advisory Group from 1991-1999.
At present (2004), I am completing a sabbatical year at Johns Hopkins University before starting a new career as an international health consultant in July. Because there is still much to be done before women and their families in many parts of the world can ever expect to enjoy better and safer lives, Linda, who is a public health professional as well (infection prevention), and I will continue doing what we can to help their cause as long as we are able.

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