Speaker Details
Prof
Ronald LaPorte
Department of Epidemiology and Director of WHO Collaborating Center, University of Pittsburgh
Biography:
Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology in 1977, Masters degree in Epidemiology, 1981
· 505 publications in Epidemiology, Global Health, and Internet
· First Distinguished Teacher, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh 1989.
· Lillienfeld Award, APHA for outstanding life time achievement in education
· Director, Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications, WHO Collaborating Center, Dept of Epidemiology · Developer and PI of the WHO multinational Project for Childhood Diabetes, involving 155 centers in 70 countries
· 1994 Developer, Global Health Network,
· Numerous funded national and international projects from NIH, and NASA
· Kelly West Diabetes Epidemiology Award from the American Diabetes Association
Status: Confirmed
