Jeffrey L. Sturchio is Vice President,
External Affairs, Human Health—Europe, Middle East and Africa
at Merck and Co., Inc., in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. He
is responsible for the development, coordination, and implementation
of a range of
health policy and communications initiatives for the region.
He has been centrally involved in Merck’s participation in the
UN/Industry Accelerating Access Initiative to help improve HIV/AIDS
care and treatment
in the developing world, and he is a member of the private sector
delegation on the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB,
and Malaria. Sturchio
received an A.B. in history (1973) from Princeton University and
a Ph.D. in the history and sociology of science from the University
of Pennsylvania
(1981).
His previous positions include the AT&T Archives, the
Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the University
of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, and the New Jersey Institute
of Technology.
He has
also been a postdoctoral fellow and senior fellow at the Smithsonian
Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH). He joined
Merck in June 1989 as the Company’s first corporate archivist.
Sturchio’s publications include Chemistry in America, 1876-1976:
Historical Indicators (Reidel, 1985; paperback edition, 1988),
written with A. Thackray, P. T. Carroll, and R. F. Bud; Values
and Visions: A Merck Century (Merck and Co., Inc., 1991); “Pharmaceutical
firms and the transition to biotechnology: a study in strategic
innovation” (with
L. Galambos), Business History Review 72 (Summer 1998): 250-278; “Against:
Direct to consumer advertising is medi-calising normal human experience” (with
S. Bonaccorso), British Medical Journal 324 (13 April 2002): 910-911;
and “Successful public-private partnerships in global health:
lessons from the MECTIZAN Donation Program,” (with B. Colatrella),
in The Economics of Essential Medicines, ed. by B. Granville (London:
Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2002).
