SPH Public Health Forum: Global Health in the Twenty-first Century
On March 11, join Roger Glass, MD, PhD, at the SPH Public Health Forum as he speaks on the topic, “Global Health in the Twenty-first Century: New Directions and Perspectives.” The Public Health Forum is a regular series hosted by the BU School of Public Health.
- Roger Glass, MD, PhD
Glass is director of the Fogarty International Center and associate director for international research at the National Institutes of Health. The Fogarty International Center is the international component of NIH, and it addresses global health challenges with research and training programs, supporting and advancing NIH’s mission through international partnerships.
Glass’s career has taken him to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he was stationed at the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He subsequently worked on the molecular biology of rotavirus at the NIH Laboratory of Infectious Diseases before becoming chief of the viral gastroenteritis unit at the CDC’s National Center for Infectious Diseases. He has made major contributions in the understanding of the epidemiology of these pathogens and in vaccine development for rotavirus.
“It is rare to find somebody who has worked so effectively at the upstream science and the downstream delivery end of global health as Roger,” said Jon Simon, associate professor and chair of International Health.
Glass has received numerous awards including the prestigious Charles C. Shepard Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award presented by the CDC in recognition of his 30-year career of scientific research application and leadership, and the Dr. Charles Merieux Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases for his work on rotavirus vaccines in the developing world.
“Global Health in the Twenty-first Century: New Directions and Perspectives” Presented by Roger Glass
Date: March 11, 2009
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: BUSM Instructional Building, Room L-112
Contact: Gerald Keusch, keusch@bu.edu