Curriculum Vitae – Jamie Bartram Don and Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Director of the Water Institute at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 144 Rosenau Hall, CB #7431, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431, USA Tel: +1 (919) 966-3934, Fax: +1 (919) 966-7911, email: [email protected] Full Name James Kniveton Bartram Nationality British Languages English: first language. Spanish: excellent. Italian: working knowledge. French: working knowledge. Country Experience Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, India, Israel, Italy*, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru*, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland*, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK*, USA*, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe (asterisk indicates multi- year residence). Education PhD, University of Surrey, 1996 (thesis: Optimizing the Monitoring and Assessment of Rural Water Supplies). BSc (Hons, First Class) in Microbiology, University of Surrey, 1985. HNC (Higher National Certificate) in Medical Laboratory Sciences (special subject: microbiology), Paddington Technical College, London, UK, 1982. Professional Experience June 2009 Director of the ‘Water Institute at UNC’ and Professor (since 2012: Don and Jennifer to date Holzworth Distinguished Professor), Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Responsibilities include: Conceiving a Water Institute at UNC and serving as founding director. Managing stakeholder consultation to inform development of a strategic plan and its implementation. Overseeing Institute development including staffing, fundraising, development of processes and periodic review and strategy updating. Formal 5- year review documented extensive impact on policy (including international development policy, the MDGs and SDGs being a target for influence); programming (including several large NGOs and government); and practice concluding that “in six short years the Water Institute has carved out an estimable role as one of the most important centers for applied research and knowledge synthesis on [water sanitation and hygiene-related] issues in the entire world.” Over my first eight years at UNC (mid-2009 to mid-2017), I received more than 100 funded grants and awards, ranging in value from $1,500 to $2.1 million, for a Curriculum Vitae – Jamie Bartram total value of $14.2 million, from 46 different awarding bodies. My own research comprises: operational research normally in partnership with implementing agencies such as international NGOs; policy research into national and international policy initiatives and alternatives and their outcomes; and research into the impacts of environmental health interventions both proximal (such as improved drinking water management) and distal (such as adaptation to climate extremes). Teaching. I have developed four new courses, all in cooperation with other UNC Faculty, two now taught annually; and was part of team that re-conceptualised the MSEE degree. Student advising. Over my first eight years at UNC I advised to graduation: four doctoral students, 18 Master’s degree students and three undergraduates pursuing honours theses. I currently have 10 advisees, from undergraduates to post-doctoral researchers. Service: to school, university and profession. Other achievements Secured designation of the Water Institute at UNC as a World Health Organization and Pan-American Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Water and Sanitation (2017–2021), serving as Centre Director. Supported the design, development and launch of the US Water Partnership, launched by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on World Water Day 2012, with the Water Institute at UNC as one of five founding partners. Chair of Membership Working Group and Steering Committee member. Development of new Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (IWA Publishing), serving as Editor-in-Chief until 2018, ISI indexed 2013; impact factor rising to 0.8 in 2016. Launch of the Water Institute at ‘Water and Health: where science meets policy’ Conference, October 2010; and development of the conference as a signature annual event. Annual Water Microbiology conference launched in 2014 and biennial Nexus conference in 2015. Secured adoption of, and served as co-chair of, UNC-Chapel Hill inaugural campus-wide theme ‘Water in our World’ (2012–2015). Sponsored Catarina de Albuquerque for a UNC honorary degree (2015). Oct 2006 to Coordinator: Assessing and Managing Environmental Risks to Health, World Health June 2009 Organization (WHO) Headquarters (Geneva, Switzerland). (parallel to Leading and managing a Unit with a biennial budget of approx. US$21.5 million (staff the below and activity). for 2006) Responsibilities included: Contributing to organization-wide and departmental strategic planning. Defining and developing WHO’s roles, responsibilities and strategic direction in assessing and managing environmental health risks. Developing and implementing plans of work, monitoring performance, and instituting corrections; managing resources and ensuring highest standards. Personnel management and staff development; also Chair of the WHO Global Reassignment Committee (2008–9). Mobilizing technical and financial resources. Providing leadership in formulation of evidence-based interventions. Identifying emerging technical and policy issues and initiating responses. Advising governments on strategies to reduce disease burden. Representing WHO in high-level international scientific and policy forums. 2 Curriculum Vitae – Jamie Bartram Fostering partnerships. The Unit focused on ensuring an adequate evidence base to support policy-making and decision-taking in public health and environment, through: International leadership on risk assessment. Servicing international conventions and agreements. Monitoring MDG and other international development targets. Developing normative 'guidelines' and supporting their implementation. Assessing health risks, burden of disease and health impact. Providing tools and assessments on cost and impact of disease control. Guidance on good practices and policy and technical alternatives. Serving as WHO focal point for environmental emergencies and disasters. Key achievements Development and implementation of strategy on environment and health in emergencies: stockpiling, rosters of trained experts, information ‘toolkit’, comprehensive web site and first systematic review of detected events. Conceptualize and initiate an ‘annual report’ (GLAAS) on country progress and ESA support on water and sanitation, under the aegis of UN-Water. 2004–2006 Chair, UN-Water (in parallel Elected chair of the body that ensures coherence and coordination in UN system with the action on water and related issues. Principal roles in leadership of overall direction above and and coordination amongst 23 UN agencies and 12 international partners. below) Key achievements during my chair-ship: Negotiated 23-agency agreement on Terms of Reference. Established transparent and participatory structure for previously closed ‘mechanism’. Development of a membership and institutional architecture including increasing UN agency membership, 12 international partner entities, central resource and establishing dedicated associated offices. Oversaw development and initial implementation of first inter-agency Plans of Work in five key areas: disaster reduction, water scarcity, gender, sanitation and trans-boundary waters. Increased annual funding for UN-Water offices from US$2 to 7.5 million. Ensured visibility in inter-governmental forums e.g. Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13). 1999–2006 Coordinator, Water Sanitation and Health, World Health Organization Headquarters (parallel to (Geneva, Switzerland). the above Leading and managing a Unit addressing water, sanitation and health issues with a for 2004– biennial activity budget of US $3.2 million. The Unit was the subject of a very 2006) positive internal evaluation in 2006. Responsibilities included: Personnel management and staff development; also alternate Chair of WHO Global Reassignment Committee (2006–7). Oversight of strategic direction, programme and project development. Resource mobilization and budgeting and management. Development of networks of collaborators, Collaborating Centres and communities of practice. Key achievements: 3 Curriculum Vitae – Jamie Bartram New communication strategy addressing multilingualism and innovative use of electronic media, placing the Unit as third most visited WHO web site and having 15 of the 50 most in-demand documents from WHO HQ. Major change in approach to international norms (‘standards’), delivered through a series of formal guidelines (drinking-water, recreational water environments, use of wastewater excreta and grey-water in agriculture and in aquaculture, ship sanitation, hygiene and sanitation in aviation), now applied in more than 90 developing and developed countries. Rehabilitation of the WHO/UNICEF ‘Joint Monitoring