Dirk G. Schroeder, ScD MPH
Bio
Dr. Schroeder is the Managing Director of Advancing Health Innovation in Africa (AHIA), a non-profit educational organization based at Emory University (Atlanta, USA). Dr. Schroeder is also a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Global Health, with appointments in the School of Public Health and Emory’s Goizueta Business School.
He is a social entrepreneur who co-founded and helped build HolaDoctor Inc into the largest Spanish-language digital health company on the web; HolaDoctor was acquired in full by Pan American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) in 2017. Dr. Schroeder is currently advising a number of startups that are using technology to change the world for the better. He has lived and worked in over 40 countries and is fluent in Spanish and Indonesian.
Dr. Schroeder has Doctoral and Masters degrees in International Health from Johns Hopkins University and a post-doc from Cornell. He completed his undergraduate work, with honors and distinction, at Stanford University.
