Background
Wirth, Dyann Fergus was born on January 31, 1951 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Russell and Phyllis Rose (Muratone) Fergus.
microbiologist public health educator
Wirth, Dyann Fergus was born on January 31, 1951 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Russell and Phyllis Rose (Muratone) Fergus.
Bachelor with highest honors, University of Wisconsin, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978; AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1990.
Instructor, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1980-1984;
assistant professor School Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, 1981-1986;
associate professor, Harvard University, Boston, 1986-1990;
professor, Harvard University, Boston, since 1990;
director Harvard Malaria Initiative, Harvard University, Boston, since 1997;
editor-in-chief, Academy Press Experimental Parasitology, Boston, since 1987. National Institutes of Health study section member tropical medicine and parasitology National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1987-1991. Chairman steering commission on chemotherapy of Malaria World Health Organization, Geneva, 1986-1991, 91-, chair steering commission on drug development, member research capacity strengthening, member strategic research committee, since 1997.
Member science advisory board Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. Chair science advising committee Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards, since 1994.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (president 1999, Bailey K. Ashford award 1995), American Society Virology, Institute Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Peter Wirth, August 25, 1973.