Surviving Our Selves
GHI Director addressing environmental health concerns.
Dr. Gerald Keusch delivered the 2006–2007 Kleh Family Foundation Distinguished Lecture, Surviving Ourselves: Global Warming and Global Health, on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at the Sofitel St. James Hotel in London. The lecture, attended by a large number of BU alumni, friends and family, focused on the extensive links between global warming and global health. Bill Kleh, the sponsor for the annual lecture, noted “My wife Patty and I were deeply appreciative of Jerry Keusch’s fine presentation to the BU community in London. His explanation of global warming in layman's terms allowed the audience to fully appreciate the impact of this major development on our own health issues.”
Dr. Gerald T. Keusch is Associate Provost for Global Health at the Boston University Medical Campus, Associate Dean for Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health and Director of the Global Health Initiative at Boston University. A graduate of Columbia College and Harvard Medical School, he is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases and currently holds appointments in the departments of medicine and international health at Boston University.
As the director of the Global Health Initiative, Dr. Keusch's responsibilities include establishing collaborations across campus to build scientific capacity in health and environmental sciences with a focus on developing countries.
Prior to coming to Boston University, Dr. Keusch served as the Associate Director for International Research and Director of Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Keusch is the author of over 300 original publications, reviews and book chapters and the editor of eight scientific books. He has received numerous honors including the Squibb, Finland, and Bristol awards for research excellence from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Research, the Association of American Physicians, and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science, where he serves on the Board on Global Health and on the Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability.
The Boston University British Programmes distinguished lecture series is made possible through the generosity of Bill (LAW '71) and Patty Kleh and the Kleh Family Foundation.