Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH
	- Director of International Programs, UCSF School of Medicine Phone: 415-597-820 Fax: 415-597-8299 Email: tnovotny@psg.ucsf.edu

Dr. Tom Novotny is Director of International Programs at the UCSF School of Medicine, with his offices at the Institute for Global Health. He recently retired as a Rear Admiral from a 23-year career in the United States Public Health Service. During that career, he served in the National Health Service Corps as a Family Physician in northern California, as an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as a CDC liaison to the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, and as a CDC liaison to the World Bank. He most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Refugee Health in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Novotny has worked extensively in tobacco control and in health systems reform, particularly in Eastern Europe. He has published numerous scientific articles on tobacco control, and he has been a contributing author and editor of several Reports of the Surgeon General on Tobacco and Health. He also led the U.S. Delegation to the World Health Organization's negotiations on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and international treaty in health. He is currently a consultant with the World Bank's Eastern European-Central Asia Human Development Team.

Principal Research Interests
- Tobacco control policy
- Childhood asthma and second-hand smoke
- HIV/AIDS in low prevalence populations of Eastern Europe
- Public health practice

Principal Teaching Activities
At UCSF
Developing a Global Health Curriculum
Preventive Medicine Residency Seminars

At UC Berkeley
Guest Lecturer, International Health

Selected University & Public Service
University Service
Preventive Medicine Advisory Committee
Tobacco Control Research Center Advisory Committee

Public Service
American Public Health Association's International Human Rights Committee
Editorial Board, Tobacco ControlÑAn International Journal

Selected Publications
- Novotny TE, Siegel MB. California's Tobacco Control Saga. Health Affairs 1996; 15(1):58-72.

- Novotny TE, Jha P, Huffman SA, Nguyen SN. Tobacco control in the former Socialist economies of Europe and Central Asia. Eurohealth Winter 1998/1999; 4:13-16.

- Novotny TE. Estimating smoking-attributable medical care costs: lessons from the US. In: The Economics of Tobacco Control: Towards and Optimal Policy Mix. Abedian I, van der Merwe R, Wilkins N, and Jha P. Ed. Cape Town, RSA: Applied Fiscal Research Centre, University of Capetown, 1999.

- Novotny TE and Fellows J. The Disease Impact of Cigarette Smoking and Benefits of Smoking Reductions (Chapter 7). USDHHS, CDC, OSH. Report of the US Surgeon General on the Health Consequences of Smoking, In Press, 2003.