Joel Lamstein

Joel Lamstein
NationalityAmerican
EducationMIT Sloan School of Management (M.B.A.)
University of Michigan (B.S.)
Occupation(s)President: John Snow, Inc, JSI Research & Training, World Education
Years active1978–present
Websitejsi.com

Joel Lamstein is the co-founder and president of John Snow, Inc. (JSI) and JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., global public health research and consulting firms.[1] Founded in 1978, JSI has more than 3,200 employees worldwide dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities, working across the United States and the world.[2]

Joel Lamstein is also the president of World Education, a nonprofit organization committed "to improving the lives of the impoverished through education, economic, and social development programs."[3]

Life and education[edit]

Joel Lamstein was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is married to Sarah Lamstein and has three children.

Lamstein graduated from the University of Michigan in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics. He was present for President John F. Kennedy's announcement of the creation of the Peace Corps in 1960, which has influenced his life choices.[4]

After graduation, Lamstein worked at IBM before attending the MIT Sloan School of Management .[5] While at Sloan, Lamstein became involved in anti-war activities. His MIT professors took notice and invited him to do the computer model programming on a public health research project, introducing him to the field of global health.

Career[edit]

In 1971, Lamstein co-founded Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a nonprofit international health organization.[6] In 1978, Joel Lamstein and Norbert Hirschhorn left MSH and founded John Snow, Incorporated (JSI), named after the father of epidemiology, John Snow, and initially launched as a small for-profit business focused on health care in the United States. In 1979, Lamstein launched an affiliated nonprofit partner, JSI Research & Training Institute, and in 1980, the organizations began working internationally. In addition to leading JSI, in 1982 Lamstein assumed the role of president of World Education, an organization founded in 1951 to meet the needs of the educationally disadvantaged, particularly women and girls.[7]

Today, Joel Lamstein leads more than 3,600 staff from three organizations in 45 countries, implementing more than 300 projects that strengthen health and educational systems, build community skills and support, and address people’s health care and literacy needs.[citation needed]

Lamstein is an adjunct senior lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health). He has also lectured at various universities including: the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, MIT Sloan School, the Boston University School of Public Health, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government on organizational strategy, nonprofit management, international development, and strategic management. In 2016, Lamstein was appointed Chair of Dean’s Advisory Board at Boston University School of Public Health.[8] He is also the Board Chair at the nonprofit Seed Global Health and on the advisory council of the Children’s Health Fund in New York.

Lamstein has advised multiple public health initiatives across the globe with specific focus on health care management.[9]

Lamstein and JSI support several awards and scholarships, including the John Snow, Inc. Awards at: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,[10] The University of Michigan School of Public health, Boston University School of Public Health, The University of Southern California, the Mabelle Arole Fellowship in India administered by the American Medical Student Association, among others.

Achievements[edit]

Lamstein was profiled in The New York Times The Boss column in 2011, under the headline "Witnessing Social Impact."

In September 2009, Lamstein was selected for the CEO Social Leadership Award, sponsored by the Lewis Family Foundation and presented by the Boston Business Journal.[11] George Donnelly, editor of the Boston Business Journal and a member of the CEO Social Leadership Award selection committee, remarked, “Joel Lamstein embodies the CEO who completely walks the talk around social responsibility."[12] Lamstein has made a social impact through JSI health care programs as well as a policy of donating five to seven percent of net profits to charity.[13]

NECN video interview with Joel Lamstein

In 2003, Lamstein and two other JSI staff were knighted for their exceptional work in public health in Madagascar. Lamstein received the Médaille de l’Officier de l’Ordre National Malagasy, earning the title of Lord Lamstein.[14]

Lamstein addressed graduating MPH students at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine convocation in December, 2007.[15] His speech encouraged new graduates to get involved and understand the field, while "moving on."

In the media[edit]

  1. Blog: The Mexico City Policy does not Actually Consider Women’s Health The Huffington Post. 27 January 2017.[16]
  2. Blog: Powering Programs With the Right Vaccines to the Right Place at the Right Time... The Huffington Post. 18 February 2016.[17]
  3. Blog: Six Ways to Rebuild Liberia’s Health System: What’s Next for Liberia The Huffington Post. 6 August 2015.[18]
  4. Blog: Local Liberian Communities Take Action The Huffington Post. 24 December 2014.[19]
  5. Blog: Health Workers on the Frontlines of the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia The Huffington Post. 21 November 2014.[20]
  6. Blog: Simple Solutions to Global Problems: How Two Medicines Promise Life for Mothers and Infants in Nigeria The Huffington Post. 17 June 2014.[21]
  7. Blog: Using Technology to Close the Education Gap for Girls The Huffington Post. 6 March 2014.[22]
  8. Blog: Getting Meds to Sick Kids at the End of the Supply Chain[23] The Huffington Post. 9 November 2012.
  9. Feature: "Witnessing Social Impact, The Boss column" The New York Times. 28 August 2011.[24]
  10. Blog: “International Women’s Day: Can Technology Close the Gap for Girls and Women?” The Huffington Post. 9 March 2011.[25]
  11. Blog: “U.S. Investments in Health are Working—and Georgia Reminds Us We Must Sustain and Extend the Gains."The Huffington Post. 3 Feb 2011.[26]
  12. Blog: “Why Nutrition Matters.”The Huffington Post. 19 May 2010.[27]
  13. Blog: "Re-Discovering U.S. Leadership: An Unlikely Contender."The Huffington Post. 8 Jan 2010.[28]
  14. Feature: “An Obligation to Give Back: Joel Lamstein Covers the World but Still has Time for Philanthropy”University of Michigan School of Public Health. Spring 2010.[29]
  15. Feature: “Alumni Focus: Joel Lamstein.”Focus: University of Michigan Center for Global Health. Fall 2009.[30]
  16. Interview: “Joel Lamstein Selected for CEO Social Leadership Award.” New England Cable News. 10 September 2009.[31]

Memberships[edit]

Boston University School of Public Health

Chair of the Dean's Advisory Committee

Seed Global Health

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Boston Partners in Education

Board of Directors

Children’s Health Fund in New York

Advisory Council[32]

Harvard School of Public Health

Leadership Council

Global Health Council

Board of Directors 2004-2012, Interim President and CEO 2009 and 2011
Chair, 2009-2012[33]

University of Michigan School of Public Health

Dean's Advisory Board

Physicians for Human Rights

Board of Directors (2009-2017)[34]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Joel Lamstein - PHR Board of Directors". Physicians for Human Rights. Retrieved 11 Jan 2011.
  2. ^ "Joel Lamstein: Bio". Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. Retrieved 11 Jan 2011.
  3. ^ "Home". World Education. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 11 Jan 2011.
  4. ^ "A Passing of the Torch". University of Michigan.
  5. ^ "Board of Directors". Global Health Council - The Voice for Global Health. Global Health Council. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Management Sciences for Health - About Us". Management Sciences for Health. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  7. ^ "About Us". World Education. Retrieved 18 Jan 2011.
  8. ^ "Joel Lamstein Named New Chair of Dean's Advisory Board". Boston University School of Public Health. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  9. ^ "Joel Lamstein - PHR Board of Directors". Physicians for Human Rights.
  10. ^ Howard, Bandon. "The John Snow, Inc. Award Presented by JSI President and Founder, Joel Lamstein". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  11. ^ "Lamstein selected as Social Leadership honoree". Boston Business Journal. 25 August 2009.
  12. ^ "Joel Lamstein Recipient of 2009 Social Leadership Award". Global Health Council. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  13. ^ "Joel Lamstein selected for CEO Social Leadership Award". New England Cable News. 10 September 2009.
  14. ^ HealthLink Editor (1 August 2003). "Lamstein Bestowed Lordship by Madagascar". HealthLink (122). Retrieved 8 April 2011. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ Brown, Kiley (14 December 2007). "Degrees in December". New Wave: Tulane University. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  16. ^ Lamstein, Joel (2017-01-27). "The Mexico City Policy does not Actually Consider Women's Health". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  17. ^ Lamstein, Joel (2016-02-18). "Powering Programs With the Right Vaccines to the Right Place at the Right Time..." The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  18. ^ Lamstein, Joel (2015-08-06). "Six Ways to Rebuild Liberia's Health System: What's Next for Liberia". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  19. ^ Lamstein, Joel (2014-12-24). "Local Liberian Communities Take Action". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  20. ^ Lamstein, Joel (2014-11-21). "Health Workers on the Frontlines of the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  21. ^ Lamstein, Joel (17 June 2014). "Simple Solutions to Global Problems: How Two Medicines Promise Life for Mothers and Infants in Nigeria". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  22. ^ Lamstein, Joel (6 March 2014). "Using Technology to Close the Education Gap for Girls". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  23. ^ Lamstein, Joel (9 November 2012). "Getting Meds to Sick Kids at the End of the Supply Chain". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  24. ^ Lamstein, Joel (27 August 2011). "Witnessing Social Impact". The New York Times.
  25. ^ Lamstein, Joel (25 May 2011). "International Women's Day: Can Technology Close the Gap for Girls and Women?". The Huffington Post.
  26. ^ Lamstein, Joel (5 April 2011). "U.S. Investments in Health are Working-and Georgia Reminds Us We Must Sustain and Extend the Gains". The Huffington Post.
  27. ^ Lamstein, Joel (19 May 2010). "Why Nutrition Matters". The Huffington Post.
  28. ^ Lamstein, Joel (25 May 2011). "Re-Discovering U.S. Leadership: An Unlikely Contender". The Huffington Post.
  29. ^ "An Obligation to Give Back". University of Michigan School of Public Health. University of Michigan. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  30. ^ "Alumni Focus: Joel Lamstein" (PDF). Focus: University of Michigan Center for Global Health. Fall 2009.
  31. ^ "Joel Lamstein Selected for CEO Social Leadership Award". New England Cable News. 10 September 2009.
  32. ^ "Advisory Council". Children's Health Fund.
  33. ^ Olson, David (24 June 2010). "JSI President Joel Lamstein Appointed Chair of Global Health Council Board; Three New Board Members Elected" (PDF). Global Health Council. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  34. ^ "PHR Board of Directors: Joel Lamstein". Physicians for Human Rights. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

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