Robert S. Desowitz (1926–2008)
Author of New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites and People
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Robert S. Desowitz, a leading epidemiologist lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina
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- Canonical name
- Desowitz, Robert S.
- Birthdate
- 1926-01-02
- Date of death
- 2008-03-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA
- Places of residence
- Hawaii, USA
Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA - Education
- Niagara Falls High School
University of Buffalo (B.A., 1948)
London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Ph.D., parasitology and medical biology, 1951)
University of London (D.Sc., parasitology, 1961) - Occupations
- parasitologist
epidemiologist
professor of Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology
researcher
writer - Organizations
- University of Hawaii School of Medicine (1968-1995)
SEATO Laboratory, Department of Parisitology, Bangkok (chief ∙ 1965-1968)
University of Singapore School of Medicine (1960-1965)
British Foreign Service (1951-1960)
United States Army (1944-1946)
University of North Carolina School of Public Health (show all 7)
West African Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Nigeria - Short biography
- Prof. Desowitz was once described by a book reviewer as "a veritable Sherlock Holmes of parasites and pathogens."
Dr. Robert S. Desowitz is internationally renowned as a teacher, lecturer, and researcher of malaria and other diseases. He is Emeritus professor of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiolgy at the University of Hawaii and is currently Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina. [adapted from Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria (1996)
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