Susan Foster’s research focuses on the economics of infectious disease, particularly antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance, malaria, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and TB.  She is involved in several research projects, primarily in Africa.

Prof. Foster served in the Peace Corps in Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Cameroon, worked as a Young Professional within the World Bank’s Population, Health and Nutrition Department and was seconded to the World Health Organization’s Essential Drugs Program in Geneva. She then joined the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as Senior Lecturer in Health Economics, and was course organizer for the master of science program in Public Health in Developing Countries. She was appointed the School’s first Distance Learning Coordinator. She has also done work in Burundi, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Indonesia and Malaysia.  At the BU School of Public Health, she teaches courses including Pathogens, Poverty and Populations, Seminar on International Health Policy Issues, and Confronting Non-communicable Diseases.  She speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese.