# Victoria Hale

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{{short description|American chemist}}
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| workplaces  = [Food and Drug Administration (United States)](/source/Food_and_Drug_Administration_(United_States));<br> [Genentech](/source/Genentech);<br> [The Institute for OneWorld Health](/source/The_Institute_for_OneWorld_Health) 
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'''Victoria Hale''' founded the nonprofit pharmaceutical company [The Institute for OneWorld Health](/source/The_Institute_for_OneWorld_Health) in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California) in 2000<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-feb-09-fi-drugs9-story.html|title=Nonprofits Work With Drug Firms to Treat Diseases in Third World|last=Elias|first=Paul|date=2004-02-09|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref> and was its chairman and CEO until 2008, when she became Chair Emeritus.  She then went on to found Medicines360, a nonprofit pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing medicines for women and children, including pregnant women.

==Life==
Hale earned her B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Maryland in 1983 and her Ph.D. in [pharmaceutical chemistry](/source/pharmaceutical_chemistry) from the [UCSF School of Pharmacy](/source/UCSF_School_of_Pharmacy) in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria Hale |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2006/victoria-hale |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.macfound.org |language=en}}</ref> She is an Adjunct Associate [professor](/source/professor) in Biopharmaceutical Sciences at UCSF, and an advisor to the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization) (WHO).

Her past affiliations include the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration](/source/Food_and_Drug_Administration_(United_States))'s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, and [Genentech](/source/Genentech).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria Hale |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2006/victoria-hale |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.macfound.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==
*2004: One of ten "Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs" by the [Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship](/source/Schwab_Foundation_for_Social_Entrepreneurship)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schwab foundation names Victoria Hale a social entrepreneur for 2004 |url=https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/news-releases/863019 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=EurekAlert! |language=en}}</ref>
*2005: ''[The Economist](/source/The_Economist)'' Innovation Award for Social and Economic Innovation<ref>{{Cite news |title=And the winners are... |url=https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2005/12/10/and-the-winners-are |access-date=2024-06-07 |work=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
*2006: [MacArthur Fellow](/source/MacArthur_Foundation)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria Hale |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2006/victoria-hale |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.macfound.org |language=en}}</ref>
*2006: [Ashoka](/source/Ashoka_(non-profit_organization)) Fellow<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria Hale {{!}} Ashoka |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/victoria-hale |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.ashoka.org |language=en-us}}</ref>
*2007: One of [Glamour Magazine](/source/Glamour_(magazine))'s Women of the Year for her work developing and providing pharmaceutical care to the world's poor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glamour |date=2007-11-05 |title=Victoria Hale, Women of the Year 2007 |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/victoria-hale |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Glamour |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2012: Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Southern California<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Recipients – Honorary Degrees |url=https://honorarydegrees.usc.edu/past-recipients/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=honorarydegrees.usc.edu}}</ref>

==References==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040604164722/http://www.oneworldhealth.org/about/our_team.php OneWorld Health team profiles]}}
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==Bibliography==
*[Buse, Uwe](/source/Uwe_Buse) ''Die Achse des Guten'' in [der Spiegel](/source/der_Spiegel) nr. 48/27 Nov. 2006 (German language)

==External links==
*[http://www.medicines360.org/ Medicines360 official website]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010610222028/http://www.oneworldhealth.org/ The Institute for OneWorld Heath official website]}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081023074812/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2070789/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B5D8A799A-19C1-4C8B-8DFF-0E1CD9BA6AC4%7D&notoc=1 MacArthur Fellow profile]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcPOd9Z-qxw Victoria Hale, an uncommon hero eradicating black fever], video by the [Skoll Foundation](/source/Skoll_Foundation)

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