Michael Howard Merson

Background

Merson, Michael Howard was born on June 7, 1945 in New York City. Son of Leo and Paula Enid (Katz) Merson.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, l966; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, l970.

Career

Commissioned officer United States Public Health Service, 1972, advanced through grades to captain. Chief enteric disease branch Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1974-1975. Chief epidemiologist Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, Bangladesh, 1977-1978.

Director diarrheal diseases control program World Health Organization, Geneva, 1978-1990, director global program on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1990-1995. Professor, dean public health School Medicine Yale University, New Haven, 1995—2004, Anna Mont Rose Lauder professor public health. Professor, director Duke University Global Health Institute, since 2006.

Trustee, board directors International Center for Diarrheal Diseases, Dacca, l985-90.

Achievements

• Michael Howard Merson has been listed as a noteworthy epidemiologist, physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, International Epidemiological Association, American Society for Epidemiology, Society Scholars.

Connections

Married Claudia Regina Jupiter, February l, l975. L child, Jonathan.

Father:

Leo Merson

Mother:

Paula Enid (Katz) Merson

Spouse:

Claudia Regina Jupiter