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Ricardo Izurieta, MD, DrPH, MPH
Professor
Contact Info
- Office: CPH 1127
- Academic Email: ricardoi@usf.edu
- Academic Phone: 8139748913
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Education
- DrPH, Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2022
- DRPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2000
- MPH, International Health and Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1995
- DTMH, Tropical Infectious Diseases, Universidad Cayetano Heredia de Peru, 1988
- MD, General and Surgeon, Universidad Central, 1986
Discipline
Tropical and Infectious Diseases
Specialization
- Vectorborne Diseases
- Waterborne Diseases
- Vaccinology
- Ecological Changes and Emerging Diseases
Biography
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. Dr. Izurieta is currently the director of the Donald Price Parasitology Center. In addition, he is a consultant for WASTE International from the Netherlands and for the Stockholm Environment Institute from Sweden. Links to Specializations: Tropical Diseases Director, Internship in Tropical Diseases and Global Health http://www.hshps.org/ Director, Donald Price Center Member of the Board of Directors, Gorgas Memorial Institute http://gorgas.dom.uab.edu/ Water Borne Diseases Faculty, IRES Research and Training Program (USF-UNESCO-NSF), USA-Netherlands http://ihe.eng.usf.edu/ Graduate Certificate in Water, Health and Sustainability http://www.gradcerts.usf.edu/certinfo.asp?ccode=XWA Latin America Instructor, Health in the Americas (USF-WHO/PAHO) http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PUB/HIAcourseinfo.pdf Graduate Certificate in Global Health and Latin American Studies http://www.usf.edu/innovative-education/graduate-certificates/programs/global-health-and-latin-american-and-caribbean-studies.aspx