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The Board of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) has welcomed its new Chair, Dr Alain Beaudet from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The Board of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) has welcomed its new Chair, Dr Alain Beaudet from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, who is succeeding Dr Xuetao Cao from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
The Board also confirmed its new Chair Elect as Professor Glenda Gray from the South African Medical Research Council, who will take over the chairmanship in two years’ time. All three now constitute the alliance’s Executive Committee. Dr Cao highlighted that he is delighted to hand over the chairmanship of the GACD into very capable hands and thanked all members for their support in firmly establishing the GACD as an important player in the research funding landscape over the course of the last few years.
Dr Beaudet is beginning his chairmanship at a pivotal time for the GACD, as 2016 will see the further expansion of the GACD research programmes and continued growth of the alliance membership.