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Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H. (born August 22, 1955, Estelline, South Dakota), an infectious disease expert, is the current director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), having assumed the positions on July 3, 2002. Dr. Gerberding has been leading CDC's efforts to prepare for and counter terrorism. Dr. - Richard Preston
Richard Preston (b. August 5, 1954) is a "New Yorker" writer and bestselling author of books about alarming infectious disease epidemics and bioterrorism. Whether journalistic or fictional, his writings are based on thorough background research and extensive interviews. Richard Preston attended Pomona College, in southern California, and received his Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. - Kevin de Cock
Kevin De Cock , M.D., director of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization Video | Transcript | Podcast The World Health Organization's Dr. Kevin De Cock talks about the global efforts to stem the spread of HIV and improve access to antiretroviral therapy. Kevin De Cock Biography - Neal Halsey
Neal Halsey, MD (b. 1950), is a pediatrician, with subspecialty training in infectious diseases and epidemiology, and a professor of international health and Director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Halsey is an advocate for change in immunization programs and vaccination schedules to improve the safety of vaccines for children. - Carlos Chagas
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (born July 9, 1879, Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; died November 8, 1934, Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian physician. He discovered Chagas disease, also called "American trypanosomiasis" in 1909, while working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Chagas’ work is unique in the history of medicine, … - Lorraine Day
Lorraine Jeanette Day, MD is a practitioner of alternative medicine who claims to have discovered the cause and cure of cancer, as a result of God showing her how to recover from her own cancer with a 10 step plan. According to her theory, all cancers are due to weakness of the immune system which must be cured by diet. "All diseases are caused by a combination of three factors: malnutrition, dehydration, and stress." A former surgeon, … - Zsuzsanna Jakab
Zsuzsanna Jakab (b. 17 May, 1951) is, since March 2005 the Hungarian head of the newly formed European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) located in Stockholm (Solna Municipality), Sweden. She is Europe's top health official, taking on the task of defending the European Union against infectious diseases. - Fiona Brinkman
Fiona Brinkman (nee Lawson) is an Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics (Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, and is a leader in the area of pathogen bioinformatics. The daughter of scottish parents, Brinkman was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1967. She immigrated to Canada as a child where she grew up primarily in Mississauga, Ontario. She completed her B.Sc. - Robert Cathcart
Robert F. Cathcart III (1932 - present) is a Los Altos, California-based physician and leading proponent of orthomolecular medicine, specifically megavitamin dosing of vitamin C. A prominent figure in alternative medicine, Cathcart pioneered the concept of dosing vitamin C to bowel tolerance to maximize vitamin C levels without intravenous administration. He has reported clinical successes using massive vitamin C in treating influenza, hepatitis, mononucleosis, … - Harvey J. Alter
Harvey J. Alter, chief of the infectious disease section in the department of transfusion medicine at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), … - James Tyler Kent
James Tyler Kent, M.D. (born in Woodhull, New York, 1849 - died Stevensville, Montana, 1916) was an American physician and significant contributor to homeopathic medicine. Kent's work came after that of Samuel Hahnemann. He tested, or "proved" many new remedies not considered by Hahnemann, pioneered the use of highly potentized homeopathic remedies, and in 1897 published his repertory, the well-known Kent repertory, … - Jean Antoine Villemin
Jean-Antoine Villemin was a French physician who demonstrated in 1865 that tuberculosis was an infectious disease. Villemin was born in the department of Vosges, and studied medicine at the military medical school at Strasbourg, qualifying as an army doctor in 1853. Afterwards he practiced medicine at the miltary hospital of Val-de-Grâce in Paris. In 1874 he became a member of Academy of Medicine, and was its vice-president in 1891. - Harold Lambert
Harold Lambert (born 1926) is a British medical doctor known for his work dealing with infectious diseases. He helped in the development of pyrazinamide as a treatment for tuberculosis. - Victor Babeş
Victor Babeş was a Romanian physician, biologist, and one of the earliest bacteriologists. He made early and significant contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases. The Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca bears his name. - Dr Nathan Maclyn Thielman MD
Nathan Thielman , MD, MPH Duke University Medical Center Dr. Thielman is associate professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health and medical director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at Duke. A graduate of Wheaton College, Dr. Thielman completed both medical school and internal medicine residency training at Duke. - Dr Martin Jack Blaser MD
Martin J. Blaser , MD, is Immediate Past President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and a member of the IDSA Executive Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. A physician and microbiologist, he is the Frederick H. King Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Professor of Microbiology at New York University School of Medicine. - Dr Joel Emanuel Gallant MD
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Dr. Pomeroy joined UC Davis in 2003 as executive associate dean of the School of Medicine. In that role, she guided the development of a new strategic plan, enhanced the infrastructure for research and educational programs, and integrated the operations of the medical school and teaching hospital. Also, she founded the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at UC Davis Health System. Dr. Pomeroy leads an active research team studying host responses to infectious diseases. - Dr Issam Inaam Raad MD
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