James Orbinski, MD, is Professor and inaugural Director of York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. A champion of health and humanitarianism throughout his career, he has extensive leadership, advocacy, and research experience in global health. Dr. Orbinski has worked on providing medical humanitarian relief in situations of war, famine, epidemic disease, and genocide with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). He was elected International President of MSF from 1998-2001, and accepted the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to MSF in 1999.