Dr. Dirk Schroeder is named AHIA’s new Managing Director. Dr. Schroeder is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, and recognized expert in global health research. With thirty years of academic, programmatic, and business experience conducting health disparities research and building health technology enterprises for Latino/Global populations, Dr. Schroeder also co-founded HolaDoctor Inc, a Hispanic health services company that serves U.S. healthcare organizations. HolaDoctor also runs the largest Spanish-language health website online. He also founded a consulting firm (Updraft Health Innovation Advisors) that provides guidance on technology innovation to entrepreneurs as well as on healthcare companies and organizations. Dr. Schroeder currently holds numerous leadership positions and awards. He is multilingual, with extensive field experience in Latin America and Asia, and uses unique combination of talents to provide strategic and technical guidance to healthcare organizations, non-profits, and governmental agencies seeking to engage, improve health outcomes with Hispanics and other multicultural populations.
AHIA Emory is a program of Emory University