Jack Chow is an American professor of public health. He holds the position of Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College. Chow held a number of global public health offices including positions as the first Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Special Representative of the U.S. Secretary of State on Global HIV/AIDS and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Health and Science. This was a first - "first U.S. diplomat of ambassador rank appointed to a public health mission." In 2020, Chow, along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials, signed a statement that asserted that President Trump was unfit to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him." Education BA, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania MS, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health – UCSF Joint Medical Program MD, Medicine, University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine MPA, International Policy, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government MBA, Finance, The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business CFA, Chartered Financial Analyst References External links Carnegie Mellon University faculty page American people of Chinese descent Carnegie Mellon University faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American public health doctors University of Pennsylvania alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni UC Berkeley School of Public Health alumni University of California, San Francisco alumni University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni World Health Organization officials American officials of the United Nations CFA charterholders