Dr. Kent Buse

Biography

Kent Buse is a political economist with expertise in policy analysis and is recognized as an academic activist. He believes in the democratization of opportunities and seeks to contribute to the development of a new social contract based on justice, fairness, and rights. He has published widely on rights, gender equity, and governance in health, applying various lenses to a range of urgent global issues. Buse is a strong advocate for fixing systems rather than fixing people. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of GH5050, a leading gender equality research advocacy platform focused on global health and justice finance. Additionally, he has served as the inaugural Director of the Healthier Societies Program at the George Institute for Global Health and retains an honorary appointment at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London. He has worked as chief strategy and policy research lead for UNAIDS for a decade and has previously been on the faculty at Yale University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He currently chairs the Policy Prevention Committee of the World Obesity Federation and is particularly proud of his contributions to the world-leading textbook 'Making Health Policy.' Outside of his professional work, he enjoys cooking and mastering the art of sourdough.

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