Caroline Roan

Caroline Roan

Caroline Roan is the chief sustainability officer and senior vice president of global health and social impact at Pfizer Inc. and president of The Pfizer Foundation. At Pfizer, she has been responsible for guiding philanthropic investments, deploying disaster relief funding, overseeing colleague community engagement, and ensuring equitable access to Pfizer’s medicines and vaccines. She has helped shape Pfizer’s global health strategy, long-term public-private partnerships, and investments to improve public health systems.

Latest Articles

Opinion: How community-led innovation can help drive equitable AI

Opinion: How community-led innovation can help drive equitable AI

5 months ago // Sponsored by The Pfizer Foundation

Artificial intelligence holds promise to transform health care – but without action, it may widen existing gaps. By supporting community-led AI solutions, we can help expand access, strengthen health systems, and advance equity.

Opinion: The lessons learned from COVID-19 test-and-treat programs

Opinion: The lessons learned from COVID-19 test-and-treat programs

almost 2 years ago // Sponsored by Pfizer

The COVID Treatment QuickStart Consortium is a unique multisector, public-private partnership that aims to accelerate access to health care in low- and middle-income countries and create a pathway forward for long-term scale-up and sustainability.

Opinion: How multigenerational leadership can transform global health

Opinion: How multigenerational leadership can transform global health

about 2 years ago // Sponsored by Pfizer

New global leaders are seeking transformational change. Through multigenerational leadership, we can help change the global health landscape now — and for the long term.

Opinion: Why communities are essential to health security

Opinion: Why communities are essential to health security

over 2 years ago // Sponsored by The Pfizer Foundation

It takes more than a vaccine to fight a disease. To close the health equity gap, we need localized approaches that help community partners and strengthen health systems.

Opinion: Eliminating trachoma means more than an end to blindness

Opinion: Eliminating trachoma means more than an end to blindness

over 7 years ago // Devex World 2018: Sponsored by Pfizer

Thanks to an expansive global partnership and donation program, Pfizer believes the global elimination of trachoma can be achieved. How did the global community make such dramatic progress against trachoma in so short a time? And why is it so important for the 163 million individuals still at risk of this neglected tropical disease that we finish the job? Pfizer's Caroline Roan and Dr. Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa of Uganda's Ministry of Health explain.

Opinion: Shaping the future of health care markets — where do we go from here?

Opinion: Shaping the future of health care markets — where do we go from here?

about 9 years ago // Making Markets Work

What’s in store for the future of health care markets and financing in the developing world? In this guest column, Caroline Roan — Pfizer Foundation president and Pfizer Inc. vice president for corporate responsibility — looks at the road ahead, exploring how donors, implementers, and private sector partners can leverage their strengths to continue to increase market access.