BENJAMIN V. LOZARE Director for Training and Capacity Building

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1 BENJAMIN V. LOZARE Director for Training and Capacity Building Dr. Lozare leads the JHU CCP Training and Capacity Building activities and the development of SCOPE (Strategic Communication Planning and Evaluation), a computer-aided communication planning software used in training workshops. Dr. Lozare has more than 25 years of experience in research, teaching, and practice in international and development communication. At JHU CCP, Dr. Lozare has provided technical assistance to capacity building projects and has worked closely with the International Training Program, BKKBN, Indonesia; Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs, Bangladesh, Communication Training Consortium, Philippines and Center For Family Studies, Kenya and large number of other institutions. His work encompasses a wide range of issues including tobacco control, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and reproductive health. He teaches communication for tobacco control at the Bloomberg Institute for Tobacco Control and strategic communication planning at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and at the JHU Zanvyl Krieger Advanced Academic Program. He has helped developed and conducted the Gates Institute series of Leadership Seminars for Reproductive Health in Baltimore (multi-country) China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nicaragua and Uganda and had served as consultant to a World Bank project on food safety in Armenia. As Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the Health Sciences Campus of the University of the Philippines, he was responsible for strengthening the humanities and social science orientation of students preparing for careers in the health sciences. He served as the first Director-General of the Philippine Information Agency, a national institution that provides development communication services to government ministries and international development agencies. He has also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Center Foundation, a leading non-governmental organization in Asia and the Pacific, and consulted with UN agencies, such as the World Health Organization, UNICEF, The World Bank, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, and the UNFPA. Dr. Ben Lozare was an Eisenhower Fellow and recipient of the first Newsweek International Communication Grant. At present, Dr. Lozare is responsible for managing and developing global training health communication programs at JHU CCP. He provides guidance and direction for needs assessment activities, training design, and implementation and evaluation (as well as follow-up) of training projects. Dr. Lozare coordinates and supports work with program staff and overseas offices of JHU CCP for the planning, design, implementation, evaluation of training programs. He works with JHU staff and consultants to develop and enhance SCOPE, the Strategic Communication Planning and Evaluation program as well as STARGUIDE, a learning software for leadership and management in the field of public health. Dr. Lozare is also responsible for conducting workshops on strategic leadership and management of reproductive health in collaboration with the Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health.

2 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D in Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, M.S. in Agricultural Journalism, University of Wisconsin, Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism and Communication, University of Western Ontario, B.A. in Journalism, University of the Philippines, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Center for Communication Programs Director for Training and Capacity Building Present 1990 the present Bloomberg School of Public Health Senior Faculty Department of Health, Behavior and Society with Joint Appointment at the Zanvyl Krieger School of of Arts and Sciences, Advanced Academic Program. He is also an affiliated faculty at the Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs. Center for Communication Programs Senior Research and Evaluation Officer ( ) Baltimore, Maryland Dr. Lozare was responsible for planning research and evaluation activities to support health communication campaigns in Africa, Near East and Asia.. Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Center, Singapore Deputy Secretary General Singapore Dr. Lozare was responsible for overall management of development communication projects in 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific Region. Philippine Information Agency

3 Director General Manila, Philippines Dr. Lozare was responsible for overall management of the agency, a development communication institution providing communication services to all ministries of the Philippine Government. University of the Philippines, College of Arts & Sciences Health Sciences Campus Manila, Philippines Dean Dr. Lozare provided academic and management leadership to the College of Arts and Sciences, including the development of a liberal arts preparatory curriculum for students going into medical and other health science fields. Independent Consultant. WHO Consultant for Strategic Communication Planning and Management, WHO Iraq - Current WHO Consultant for H1N1 Emergency Preparedness, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region and for WHO China on Tuberculosis and Tobacco Control UNICEF: - Consultant, Regional Office for South Asia, on Disaster Management Communication and Immunization, 2005 USAID/JSI: Chief Facilitator, National Strategic Planning for Reproductive Health Workshop, Romania, 2000 UNFPA: Lead Trainer, National Health Communication Planning Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1999 UNFPA: Workshop Director, Strategic Planning for Health Communication, Maldives, UNFPA: Consultant for IEC, Strategic Review and Planning Mission, India. Served as IEC expert in a team of consultants to draw up a five year strategic plan for UNFPA funded projects in India USAID/POPTECH: Consultant for IEC. Evaluated communication component of USAID funded RH projects in Pakistan, 1990.

4 COUNTRIES OF PROFESSIONAL WORK Armenia, Arzerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Maldives, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe LANGUAGE SKILLS: English: Fluent Tagalog: Native speaker Spanish: Basic RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS Lozare, Benjamin. Douglas Storey, Michael Bailey and Elizabeth Serlemitsos. Leadership in Strategic Health Communication, A Workshop Manual. March nd Edition. Lozare, Benjamin. "Avoiding Risk, Affirming Life: Mid-term Evaluation Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, an Abstinence and Be-Faithful PEPFAR Track One project. Catholic Relief Services Monograph, Lozare, Benjamin, Douglas Storey and Michael Bailey. Leadership in Strategic Health Communication: Making A Difference in Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health, Center for Communication Programs, Lozare, Benjamin and Mosley, Henry Strategic Leadership in Population and Reproductive Health Management 2 nd International Conference on Reproductive Health Management, Conference Proceedings. Bali Indonesia, 2008 Phyllis T. Piotrow, Omar Khan, Benjamin V. Lozare and Salwa Khan, Health Communication Program: A Distance Education Course Within the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Web Based Learning and Teaching Technology: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Anil Aggarwal, Idea Publishing, Hersey, Pennsylvania, Mosley, W. Lozare, B. Bailey, M. STARGUIDE: A Tool to Reveal the Emergent Properties of Health Systems:, Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, M.A, Winter 200. Lozare, B. Bailey, M. Vietnam SCOPE: Beyond Training : Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston MA, Winter Mosley, W. Lozare, B, Bailey M. STARGUIDE and Leadership Training. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, Winter, 1998.

5 Other publications list can be provided upon request.