Irwin Redlener. — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founding Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University.
Co-founder of the Ukraine Children's Action Project (UCAP) in May 2022, focusing on displaced children in Ukraine and Poland.
Co-founder and President Emeritus of the Children's Health Fund (CHF), established in 1987 with Paul Simon and Karen Redlener, which operates over 50 mobile medical units across the U.S. as of 2023.
Author of "The Future of Us" (2017/2020) and "Americans at Risk" (2006).
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Served as medical director and director of grants for USA for Africa in 1985.

Biography

Irwin Redlener is an American pediatrician and public health activist known for his work in health care for underserved children and disaster planning, response, and recovery. He serves as an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs and is the Founding Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University. Additionally, he is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

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