Richard Marlink, MD is a medical oncologist, the founding director of Rutgers Global Health Institute, and the inaugural Henry Rutgers Professor of Global Health at Rutgers University. He trained in hematology/oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and was a professor of public health at Harvard University, working in various countries. Marlink was one of the first members of the Botswana Harvard Health Partnership and a co-founder of the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships. Along with Tendani Gaolathe and others, he created Botswana’s KITSO AIDS Training Program. Following the launch of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003, he was Botswana’s country director for the Botswana-Harvard joint PEPFAR effort. Concurrently, he was principal investigator of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation’s Project HEART, a PEPFAR effort in five other African countries that provided HIV/AIDS care for over a million people. At Rutgers, he established the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health, which is focused on building comprehensive cancer care and prevention programs while also contributing to pandemic preparedness and response in Botswana.