2. INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEUR
• Name: Victoria Hale
• Founder of OneWorld Health in 2000
• Past affiliations include U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center
for Drug Evaluation and Research, and Genetech.
3. INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEUR
• She earn her Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry from the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF).
• She is an advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO).
• She is also an Adjunct Associate professor in Biopharmaceutical
Sciences at USCF.
4. HISTORY OF THEIR VENTURE
• Since the 1800s, scientists have noted the similarity in disease
processes among animals and humans, but human and animal
medicine were practiced separately until the 20th century.
• PATH and OneWorld Health become an affiliate of PATH, bringing its
drug development expertise and experience in neglected infectious
diseases to bear on PATH’s mission of improving global health
through innovation.
5. IMPACT OF THEIR VENTURE
• PATH and OWH share a commitment to advancing health
technologies to reach those most in need and a cocus on diseases
that disproportionately impact the developing world.
• OWH has a successful track record in developing and delivering
effective, affordable drugs to protect some of the world’s most
vulnerable people.
• Their work complements PATH’s Board portfolio of projects focused
on delivering high-impact, low cost solutions to global health
problems.