The memories and friendships from the World Fellows Program last for years and have helped me grow as a person.Â
2011
Sonali Kochhar
Medical Director
Global Healthcare Consulting
Dr. Sonali Kochhar, M.D. is a physician and clinical researcher leading global Phase I-IV Clinical Research, Safety and Epidemiology Studies, and Implementation Research for Vaccines and Drugs. She works on Infectious Diseases (including Coronavirus, Influenza, GBS, RSV, HIV/AIDS, Diarrheal Diseases and Tropical Diseases); Vaccines for Pregnant Women; Safety, Regulatory and Ethical strategies for clinical research for vaccines (including for epidemics, and pregnant women); Pandemic Preparedness; Introduction of New Vaccines; Increasing immunization coverage and acceptance; Vaccine Policy recommendations; Translating research into programs by Policy, Strategy and Communications Development and Healthcare Systems Strengthening for Immunization and Maternal and Child Health programs and Clinical Trial Data Sharing. Her work has informed global and country-specific policy recommendations.
She is the lead for the development of vaccine templates for the benefit-risk assessment of the COVID-19 vaccines, and has led the development of 26 Maternal and Neonatal Case Definitions for Maternal Immunization. She has co-authored internationally accepted guidance, research standards, template protocols, case definitions for adverse events, and standardized templates for vaccines risk-benefit assessment for Vaccine Clinical Research, Safety and Ethics.
The 2011 World Fellows
This 2011 World Fellows include an executive at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange; a director at the World Economic Forum; the editor of Mint Money, India’s second-largest business newspaper; the director of the World Health Organization’s tuberculosis control program in China; a policymaker in Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and the executive director of Greenpeace Brazil. “We received more than twice as many nominations this year than ever before, evidence of the growing reputation and global awareness of this unique opportunity for leadership development,” said the program’s director, Dr. Michael Cappello, professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine. “The 2011 fellows were carefully selected from an incredibly deep and...Read More
