James Hospedales
Executive Director, CARPHA
Dr. C James Hospedales is Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) since February 2013. Previously, Dr. Hospedales was Senior Advisor and Coordinator, Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. From 1998–2006, Dr. Hospedales was Director of the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, serving 21 countries. He played a key role in developing donor partnerships for HIV/AIDS prevention, and a partnership with the Caribbean tourism industry to improve health, safety and environment conditions. Dr. Hospedales was a member of the Caribbean Commission on Health and Development, which made policy recommendations to the Heads of Government and named chronic diseases as a super-priority for the Region. This work contributed significantly to the build-up to the recent agreement to have a UN Summit on Chronic Disease in Sept 2011. Dr. Hospedales’ career has included service as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the US Centers for Disease Control, as an epidemiologist at CAREC, and several years working in public health for the UK National Health Service. Dr. Hospedales graduated with honors in medicine from UWI in 1980. He has a M.Sc. in Community medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and is a Fellow of UK Faculty of Public Health.