Daniel Feikin Explained

Daniel R. Feikin (born 1965) is an American epidemiologist. He specializes in the epidemiology of infectious diseases in developing countries. He currently serves as Director of Epidemiology at the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), an organization dedicated to increasing global access to vaccines, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.[1] He earlier worked at the National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.[2] While working for the CDC he lived for a time in Kisumu, Kenya, from which he and his family had to be evacuated in 2008 due to local violence.[3]

Education

Feikin earned his M.D. degree at Harvard Medical School. He also earned a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a bachelor's degree from Yale University.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.jhsph.edu/ivac IVAC | International Vaccine Access Center | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  2. Effect of handwashing on child health: A randomised controlled trial . 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66912-7 . 16023513 . 2005 . Luby . S. P. . Agboatwalla . M. . Feikin . D. R. . Painter . J. . Billhimer . W. . Altaf . A. . Hoekstra . R. M. . Lancet . 366 . 9481 . 225–233 .
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24lives-t.html Feikin, Daniel, Out of Kisumu
  4. Web site: Daniel Ross Feikin, MD . 2023-03-07 . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . en.