Rate My Professor Paul Kowal

Dr. Paul Kowal is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and serves as Conjoint Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Priority Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing. He is the Principal Investigator of the World Health Organization's multi-country longitudinal Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), which examines health, well-being, and ageing across low- and middle-income countries. Kowal also holds the position of Senior Research Advisor at the Chiang Mai University Research Institute for Health Sciences. His academic background includes a Doctor of Pharmacy and a Graduate Certificate in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice and Education from the University of Washington, a Master of Science from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin.

Kowal's career has progressed from clinical geriatric care and clinical research to public health, gerontology, epidemiology of ageing, and currently global health with a focus on health system responses to demographic and epidemiologic shifts. His research specializations include ageing, non-communicable disease prevention and management, global health, and health system strengthening research. He addresses gaps in data on national, regional, and international adult health, well-being, and health care utilization through coordinating primary data collection and international collaborations. Key publications encompass 'WHO’s Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE)' (2021), 'Technology and social innovations' (2019), 'Global Patterns of Multimorbidity: A Comparison of 28 Countries Using the World Health Surveys' (2017), 'A cross-country comparison of sociodemographic correlates of depression in the WHO study of global aging and adult health (SAGE)' (2013), 'Aging, Health, and Chronic Conditions in China and India: Results from the Multinational Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE)' (2012), and 'Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Changing Demography of the Region' (2006). In 2016, he received the Network for International Longitudinal Studies on Ageing (NILSA) from Umeå University. His leadership in SAGE has advanced global research on ageing and health transitions.