RICHARD A. KASLOW |
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Position in ACE: President, 10/01 - 9/02 | ||||
Biographical
Sketch:
Dr.
Kaslow is Professor of Epidemiology and International Health, Medicine,
and Microbiology in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Schools of
Public Health and Medicine. His major research interest has been HIV/AIDS, with a current emphasis on the genetic determinants of HIV infection. Other work has spanned the fields of nosocomial infections, autoimmune diseases, Lyme disease, and hepatitis C. He has edited two texts: The Epidemiology of AIDS and Viral Diseases of Humans. Among the groups he has served are the Assistant Secretary for Health's Prevention Task Force, the USPHS Reye Syndrome Task Force; the National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine Workshop on The Epidemiology and Disease Burden of AIDS; and the FDA, Biologic Response Modifiers Advisory Committee, Xenotransplantation Subcommittee. He was recently appointed to the DHHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Xenotransplantation. |
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Contact: | ||||
Email: rkaslow@uab.edu | ||||
Website: http://www-epi.soph.uab.edu/kaslow.htm | ||||
Academic Degrees: | ||||
BA | Yale College | 1965 | History of Art | |
MD | Harvard University | 1969 | Medicine | |
MPH | Harvard University | 1976 | Epidemiology |