Pat Daoust MSN, RN, is presently the Director of Nursing at the Center for Global
Health/ Mass General Hospital in Boston, Mass. She is also the Chief Nursing
Officer for the Global Health Service Corps; the private entity of a partnership
with the Peace Corps which places nurse and physician volunteer educators at
nursing and medical schools in sub-Sahara, Africa. Pat also lectures on Global Health at
the University of Mass-Boston School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Pat was
previously the Director of the Global AIDS Initiative for Physicians for Human
Rights (PHR). This multi-year Gates funded campaign advocated for a comprehensive,
evidence and rights-based responsive to the global AIDS epidemic
with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Under Pat’s leadership special emphasis was given
to the promotion of effective US policies that address the most marginalized, especially
women and girls. Health Rights=Healthy Women, an advocacy platform design by Pat,
addressed the vitally important role that human rights play in the empowerment of women
and girls. By partnering with health professional and women’s organizations on the ground
in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, the campaign brought first-hand expertise to the attention of
key policymakers both in-country and the US and successfully impacted major legislation,
specifically the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Pat is a registered nurse with over 30 years of clinical, educational and managerial experience.
Prior to joining PHR she worked on issues related to the domestic HIV epidemic and served as the
Director of Client Services for the AIDS Action Committee of Mass. Pat subsequently worked
with the Harvard AIDS Institute and served on the faculty of the KITSO program, an HIV
educational partnership between the Harvard School of Public Health and The Botswana government.
Pat then consulted with I-TECH and led a large and innovative Center for Disease Control-funded Nursing
Capacity Building Project in Ethiopia, which is presently being replicated in other African
countries.
Pat serves as co-chair of the global committee of the Association of Nurses in AIDS
Care (ANAC). She is also a member of the advisory council for the Global Nursing Caucus.
Health/ Mass General Hospital in Boston, Mass. She is also the Chief Nursing
Officer for the Global Health Service Corps; the private entity of a partnership
with the Peace Corps which places nurse and physician volunteer educators at
nursing and medical schools in sub-Sahara, Africa. Pat also lectures on Global Health at
the University of Mass-Boston School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Pat was
previously the Director of the Global AIDS Initiative for Physicians for Human
Rights (PHR). This multi-year Gates funded campaign advocated for a comprehensive,
evidence and rights-based responsive to the global AIDS epidemic
with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Under Pat’s leadership special emphasis was given
to the promotion of effective US policies that address the most marginalized, especially
women and girls. Health Rights=Healthy Women, an advocacy platform design by Pat,
addressed the vitally important role that human rights play in the empowerment of women
and girls. By partnering with health professional and women’s organizations on the ground
in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, the campaign brought first-hand expertise to the attention of
key policymakers both in-country and the US and successfully impacted major legislation,
specifically the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Pat is a registered nurse with over 30 years of clinical, educational and managerial experience.
Prior to joining PHR she worked on issues related to the domestic HIV epidemic and served as the
Director of Client Services for the AIDS Action Committee of Mass. Pat subsequently worked
with the Harvard AIDS Institute and served on the faculty of the KITSO program, an HIV
educational partnership between the Harvard School of Public Health and The Botswana government.
Pat then consulted with I-TECH and led a large and innovative Center for Disease Control-funded Nursing
Capacity Building Project in Ethiopia, which is presently being replicated in other African
countries.
Pat serves as co-chair of the global committee of the Association of Nurses in AIDS
Care (ANAC). She is also a member of the advisory council for the Global Nursing Caucus.