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Assistant Professor Came to USF: 2004 |
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| Contact Information: Office: MDC 56 E-Mail: rizuriet@health.usf.edu Phone: (813) 974-8913 FAX: (813) 974-8506 |
Discipline: Tropical and Infectious Diseases |
| Specialization: Vectorborne Diseases Waterborne Diseases Vaccinology Ecological Changes and Emerging Diseases | |
| Degrees: M.D. University of Ecuador, 1986 MPH UAB at Birmingham, 1995 BTM&H Gorgas Memorial Institiute & Universidad Peruana Ceyetano-Heredia, 1998 Dr.P.H. UAB at Birmingham, 2000 |
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Dr. Izurieta received his MD from the Central University of Ecuador and after graduation, carried out his postdoctoral training in Public Health and Tropical Diseases. In 1991, he faced the cholera epidemic that spread through Latin American countries as National Director of the Cholera Control Program in the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador. In 1997, he was appointed Chief of the Department of Epidemiology and Director of The Vaccine Center of the Armed Forces of Ecuador. During his studies, he has been a USAID Thomas Jefferson Fellow, a PAHO Research Fellow, a Gorgas Memorial Institute Fellow, and a FUNDACYT Fellow. In 2003, Dr. Izurieta was elected Vice President of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine. To date, Dr. Izurieta still holds this appointment. |