Gerald Keusch, MD*

Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Keusch has been involved in clinical medicine, teaching, and research for his entire career. His research has ranged from the molecular pathogenesis of tropical infectious diseases to field-based population research on cholera, dysentery, HIV/AIDS, and malnutrition-related immune deficits and host susceptibility to infectious diseases. He has been an advocate for Global Health and research capacity and public health strengthening in low-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Under his leadership from 1998 to 2004, the programs of the Fogarty International Center were greatly expanded to create a more global culture of science, to harness science for global health, and to support research, capacity building, and science policy on pressing global issues affecting the world’s population. Dr. Keusch’s work at CEID focuses on Global Health Governance, Global Health Security, and the importance of building research capacity for pandemic response in the countries most likely to experience outbreaks and least able to respond.