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'''Daniel Feikin''' is an [[United States|American]] [[epidemiology|epidemiologist]]. He specializes in the epidemiology of [[infectious disease]]s 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]].<ref>[http://www.jhsph.edu/ivac IVAC | International Vaccine Access Center | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He earlier worked at the National Centers for Infectious Diseases, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673605669127 Luby, Stephen, et al., ''Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial''], in ''Lancet'', Vol. 366, #9481, July 2005, pages 225-233</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24lives-t.html Feikin, Daniel, ''Out of Kisumu''], New York Times Magazine, February 24, 2008</ref> |
'''Daniel Feikin''' (born {{abbr|c.|circa}} 1965) is an [[United States|American]] [[epidemiology|epidemiologist]]. He specializes in the epidemiology of [[infectious disease]]s 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]].<ref>[http://www.jhsph.edu/ivac IVAC | International Vaccine Access Center | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He earlier worked at the National Centers for Infectious Diseases, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673605669127 Luby, Stephen, et al., ''Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial''], in ''Lancet'', Vol. 366, #9481, July 2005, pages 225-233</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24lives-t.html Feikin, Daniel, ''Out of Kisumu''], New York Times Magazine, February 24, 2008</ref> |
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== Education == |
== Education == |
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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]]. |
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]]. |
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* [http://www.jhsph.edu/ |
* [http://www.jhsph.edu/faculty/directory/profile/5257/daniel-feikin Website at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health] |
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* [http://www.jhsph.edu/ivac International Vaccine Access Center] |
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Revision as of 13:22, 20 June 2015
Daniel Feikin (born c. 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.
References
- ^ IVAC | International Vaccine Access Center | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- ^ Luby, Stephen, et al., Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial, in Lancet, Vol. 366, #9481, July 2005, pages 225-233
- ^ Feikin, Daniel, Out of Kisumu, New York Times Magazine, February 24, 2008