David Walton
US Global Malaria Coordinator, US President's Malaria Initiative
We have the tools, the knowledge, and the experience to end malaria for good, but PMI can't do it alone. We need the help of Rotarians now more than ever.
Bio
Dr. David Walton was appointed by President Biden to lead the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) in 2022. Dr. Walton brings a wealth of experience in global health, including working on the ground in Haiti to fight cholera and on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Dr. Walton has a proven track record of building local partnerships to expand access to care, and providing primary health services to the hardest to reach populations. Prior to joining PMI, Dr. Walton served as the Senior Director of Global Health at the Butterfly Network, Inc., co-founder of Build Health International, and 15 years with Partners In Health. Dr. Walton was previously an Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health, and trained in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as the first Doris and Howard Hiatt Global Health Equity resident.