Dr. Rachel Schneerson received her MD from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, in 1958. She did her pediatrics residency in Israel and later came to the United States to work for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development until her retirement in 2012. Since 1970, Professor Porter W. Anderson, Jr. and […]
Dr. John B. Robbins received his MD from New York University Medical School. He had Clinical Training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University in 1961 1964, and Graduate Training in Infectious Disease and Immunology at University of Florida. He was Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for 3 […]
Professor Porter W. Anderson, Jr. received his PhD in Bacteriology from Harvard University. His current position is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester Medical Center. He was previously Associate Professor at Boston Childrens Hospital Harvard Medical School. Since 1970, Professor Porter W. Anderson, Jr. and Dr. David H. Smith […]
Professor Vladimir Hachinski is the worlds leading doctor with specialization in stroke and vascular dementia. He has made major contributions for the fight against these two greatest threats to human brain. His contributions to medicine in the areas of vascular cognitive impairment, stroke, and brain-heart interactions help save and improve million of lives by delaying […]
Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London University, United Kingdom President of the World Medical Association Sir Michael Gideon Marmot has been a pioneer in the field of social epidemiology for over 35 years. His research focuses on the effects of race, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, inequalities […]
Dr. Donald A. Henderson led the�World Health Organization’s�Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign. Smallpox is considered the first and only deadly disease that has been completely eradicated from the world. Although the prevention of smallpox by inoculation of smallpox scabs was practiced as early as 1000 BC, smallpox continued to be an important public health problem throughout […]
Dr. Jim Yong Kim was the leader to promote universal access to anti-retrovirals while serving as Director of the WHOs HIV/AIDS Department. After launching the 3 by 5 initiative to support HIV/AIDS patients in low- and middle-income countries receiving Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART), he managed to help 3 million patients to receive this therapy […]
Prof. Peter Piot began his study on HIV/AIDS epidemiology in 1980 while working on Project SIDA, the first AIDS research project in Africa. He then joined the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Program on AIDS in 1992 and later served as the first Executive Director of UNAIDS between 1994 2008. He has played a […]
Dr.Uche Veronica Amazigo Former Director, African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), World Health Organization (WHO), Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Uche Veronica Amazigo is considered a leading figure in the introduction and application of community-directed treatment and control of important diseases. She developed a model that made it possible for community members to play a […]
Dr. Ruth F. Bishop is the first person who discovered that diarrhea in children, which occurs in those younger than 6 years old around the world, is caused by Rotavirus. The virus claims about half a million children’s lives every year, especially in low and lower middle income countries in Africa and Asia. In 1973, […]
