Dr. Raj Pannu, PhD
Scientific Advisor & Board Member
Raj is the Founder and CEO of Emergence Creative and former Director of Global Health at McCann Health. A behavior change expert, he has advised governments, NGOs, and corporations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, and Coca-Cola on global health and sustainability initiatives. He served on the UN Essential Medicines Working Group and spoke at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Northwestern. Raj holds an MS in Immunology and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Alberta. His groundbreaking research on poxvirus entry, published in Science, earned him a 1999 award for AIDS research. Based in New York City, Raj specializes in applying private-sector strategies to public health challenges.