Paulo Marchiori Buss was born on April 25, 1949, in the city of Jaguari in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, to Carlos Orestes Buss and Cecília Marchiori Buss.
He graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in 1972, and later, in 1980, earned a Master’s degree in Social Medicine from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Buss pursued and completed his medical residency in the field of Pediatrics at Rio de Janeiro’s State Government Employee Hospital (HSE) in 1974, and the following year, obtained specialization certificates – also in Pediatrics – from the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) and in Public Health from the National School of Public Health (Ensp), which he joined in 1976 as a Full Researcher.
Dr. Buss further served as Head of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Center for International Relations and was later elected President of the same institution, holding office during the 2001-2008 term, while previously fulfilling the role of Vice-President, from 1993 to 1996. He also held important positions at another prestigious Brazilian medical research institution, namely the National School of Public Health (Ensp), of which he served as Associate Dean from 1985-1988 and as Dean for two tenures: 1989-1992 and 1998-2001.
Moreover, the recognized scholar and physician was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (Abrasco), from 1979 to 1983, and also occupied the position of Vice-President of Education and Information at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) between 1992 and 1996. There, he was responsible for devising and establishing Canal Saúde, a television channel tailored to fostering and spreading awareness on health education.
In May 2008, Dr. Buss was elected President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), the world’s most prominent public health association, for a term that ended in 2010. Also in 2008 and up to 2011, he was designated as the Brazilian representative to two prestigious Executive Boards: namely those of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board and of the Global Forum for Health Research.
During the 2006-2009 tenure, in turn, he constituted the Executive Board of the International Association of National Institutes of Public Health (IANPHI), as well as holding membership to the Global Health Committee of the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) from 2008 to 2009.
Other past achievements of Dr. Buss include having served as President of both the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Public Health Education (ALAESP), from 1998 to 2000, and the Partnership for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR), a position he held between the years of 1990 and 1994. Back in 1979, in turn, he founded and was then designated as the first Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (Abrasco), which now ranks as Latin America’s largest Public Health scientific society. Many years later, more specifically from 2002 to 2003, he would be appointed as the institution’s Vice-President.
Today, Dr. Buss regularly serves as an Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO); Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States; France’s Pasteur Institute; International Development Research Center (IDRC) in Canada; Canal Futura, a Brazilian educational cable TV channel); and numerous Brazilian and foreign universities and organizations.
Furthermore, the physician and scholar is a full-time Member of multiple medical associations, including the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC); Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP); Brazilian Association of Medical Education (ABEM); Brazilian Center for Health Studies (CEBES); International Association of National Institutes of Public Health (IANPHI); International Association for Health Policy (IAHP); Federation for International Cooperation of Health Services and Systems Research Centers (FICOSSER); Latin American Social Medicine Association (ALAMES); Latin American and Caribbean Association of Public Health Education (ALAESP); and finally, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA). Buss is also an Honorary Member of the Portuguese Academy of Medicine.
Within the realm of books and papers published, Dr. Buss has compiled and penned the Saúde, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (“Health, Environment and Development”) (1992); Sistemas de Saúde (“Health Systems”) (1995); Vacinas, soros e imunização no Brasil (“Vaccines, Sera and Immunization”) (2005); and Medicamentos no Brasil: Inovação e acesso (2008) (“Medications in Brazil: Innovation and Access”) (2008) books.
Finally, when it comes to awards and other distinctions, Dr. Paulo Marchiori Buss has been honored with the Order of Medical Merit in the rank of Grand Officer in 2002; Order of Rio Branco in the grade of Commander in 2007; Oswaldo Cruz Medal in 2000; Vital Brazil Medal in 2003; Citizen of Rio de Janeiro Medal in 2003; Leavell Award for Leadership in Global Health from the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) in 2006; and, last but not least, the International Award from the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) in 2009.
Academic number: 629
Chair: 44
Member: Holder
Section: Medicine
Election: 05/05/2005
Inauguration: 21/06/2005
President: Pietro Novellino
Predecessor: Rinaldo Victor De Lamare
Academic number: 629
Chair: 44
Member: Holder
Section: Medicine
Election: 05/05/2005
Inauguration: 21/06/2005
President: Pietro Novellino
Predecessor: Rinaldo Victor De Lamare
Paulo Marchiori Buss was born on April 25, 1949, in the city of Jaguari in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, to Carlos Orestes Buss and Cecília Marchiori Buss.
He graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in 1972, and later, in 1980, earned a Master’s degree in Social Medicine from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Buss pursued and completed his medical residency in the field of Pediatrics at Rio de Janeiro’s State Government Employee Hospital (HSE) in 1974, and the following year, obtained specialization certificates – also in Pediatrics – from the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) and in Public Health from the National School of Public Health (Ensp), which he joined in 1976 as a Full Researcher.
Dr. Buss further served as Head of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Center for International Relations and was later elected President of the same institution, holding office during the 2001-2008 term, while previously fulfilling the role of Vice-President, from 1993 to 1996. He also held important positions at another prestigious Brazilian medical research institution, namely the National School of Public Health (Ensp), of which he served as Associate Dean from 1985-1988 and as Dean for two tenures: 1989-1992 and 1998-2001.
Moreover, the recognized scholar and physician was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (Abrasco), from 1979 to 1983, and also occupied the position of Vice-President of Education and Information at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) between 1992 and 1996. There, he was responsible for devising and establishing Canal Saúde, a television channel tailored to fostering and spreading awareness on health education.
In May 2008, Dr. Buss was elected President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), the world’s most prominent public health association, for a term that ended in 2010. Also in 2008 and up to 2011, he was designated as the Brazilian representative to two prestigious Executive Boards: namely those of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board and of the Global Forum for Health Research.
During the 2006-2009 tenure, in turn, he constituted the Executive Board of the International Association of National Institutes of Public Health (IANPHI), as well as holding membership to the Global Health Committee of the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) from 2008 to 2009.
Other past achievements of Dr. Buss include having served as President of both the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Public Health Education (ALAESP), from 1998 to 2000, and the Partnership for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR), a position he held between the years of 1990 and 1994. Back in 1979, in turn, he founded and was then designated as the first Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (Abrasco), which now ranks as Latin America’s largest Public Health scientific society. Many years later, more specifically from 2002 to 2003, he would be appointed as the institution’s Vice-President.
Today, Dr. Buss regularly serves as an Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO); Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States; France’s Pasteur Institute; International Development Research Center (IDRC) in Canada; Canal Futura, a Brazilian educational cable TV channel); and numerous Brazilian and foreign universities and organizations.
Furthermore, the physician and scholar is a full-time Member of multiple medical associations, including the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC); Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP); Brazilian Association of Medical Education (ABEM); Brazilian Center for Health Studies (CEBES); International Association of National Institutes of Public Health (IANPHI); International Association for Health Policy (IAHP); Federation for International Cooperation of Health Services and Systems Research Centers (FICOSSER); Latin American Social Medicine Association (ALAMES); Latin American and Caribbean Association of Public Health Education (ALAESP); and finally, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA). Buss is also an Honorary Member of the Portuguese Academy of Medicine.
Within the realm of books and papers published, Dr. Buss has compiled and penned the Saúde, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (“Health, Environment and Development”) (1992); Sistemas de Saúde (“Health Systems”) (1995); Vacinas, soros e imunização no Brasil (“Vaccines, Sera and Immunization”) (2005); and Medicamentos no Brasil: Inovação e acesso (2008) (“Medications in Brazil: Innovation and Access”) (2008) books.
Finally, when it comes to awards and other distinctions, Dr. Paulo Marchiori Buss has been honored with the Order of Medical Merit in the rank of Grand Officer in 2002; Order of Rio Branco in the grade of Commander in 2007; Oswaldo Cruz Medal in 2000; Vital Brazil Medal in 2003; Citizen of Rio de Janeiro Medal in 2003; Leavell Award for Leadership in Global Health from the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) in 2006; and, last but not least, the International Award from the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) in 2009.