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SUMMARY:Careers in non-governmental organizations
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Gabriela Montorzi:  Programme Manager at the Council on H
 ealth Research for Development (COHRED). COHRED is an international non-go
 vernmental organization whose primary objective is to strengthen research 
 for health and innovation systems\, with a focus on low- and middle-income
  countries. Gabriela holds a PhD in Life Sciences from the Swiss Federal I
 nstitute of Technology and a MA in Bioethics and Law from the University o
 f Barcelona.\nDr. Sylvia Generoso: Project manager at LaRevueDurable (LRD)
  since 2009. LRD is an organization whose main activity is the publication
  of a magazine on environment and sustainability and\, which\, in additio
 n\, tries to create awareness and empowerment about climate change\, throu
 gh leading various projects in the French speaking part of Switzerland and
  in France\, in partnership with cities\, universities\, NGOs. Sylvia hol
 ds a PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of Paris 7 (2004). She
  has also previously worked 3 years as a post-doc at EPFL and 6 months as 
 a research associate at International Risk Governance Council in Geneva.\
 nDr. Julie Torode:  Deputy CEO and Advocacy & Programmes Director of the 
 Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). The Union for International
  Cancer Control or UICC is a membership based\, non-governmental organizat
 ion that exists to help the global health community accelerate the fight a
 gainst cancer. Prior to joining UICC\, Julie did a PhD and a postoc in che
 mistry and spent the last 10 years in Germany with various roles in the ph
 armaceutical industry with a particular focus on gynecological oncology.\n
 Find out about the people whose current work is focused on strengthening r
 esearch for health systems\, raising society’s awareness of sustainabili
 ty issues and shaping disease control on a global scale. You will learn wh
 at their work entails on a daily basis and about their career path.
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