Walter Gulbinat
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Walter Gulbinat is a mathematician, statistician and epidemiologist who obtained his qualifications in Germany at the Universities in Frankfurt (Main) and Tübingen. In 1968 he joined the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. For almost 30 years he held various positions in WHO’s programmes on health statistics and mental health (including alcohol and substance abuse). From 1991 – 1995 he was responsible for WHO’s programme on mental health epidemiology and programme management. In 1996 he was assigned Director, Statistics, Information & Knowledge Management, United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), Vienna, Austria. Since his retirement from UN services in 1999 he works as independent International Health Consultant advising institutions such as the Global Forum for Health Research (GFHR), Geneva, Switzerland; the World Bank, Washington, DC; World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland; the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Rockville, MD, USA; and the International Center for Alcohol Policies, Washington, DC.
He was (Co-) Principal Investigator & Chief Statistician in numerous multi-centre, international studies in the fields of health, pharmacology, health services research, epidemiology, and evidence-based medicine. He has published extensively.
Since 2001 he is the Manager of the Global Network for Research in Mental and Neurological Health, an internationally operating NGO registered in USA and in Zambia. Walter Gulbinat was borne in Frankfurt (Main) in Germany. He speaks German, English and French. In 1998 he was awarded by the Federal President of Germany the Federal Cross of Merit of the order of the Federal Republic of Germany. | |
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