Oct 8 2012
The Harvard School of Public Health announced on Thursday that Regina Rabinovich, former director of infectious diseases at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been chosen to be the ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence, "where she will focus on innovative strategies to combat malaria," according to a Harvard press release. "The ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence program is one of several activities under a new cross-university initiative called 'Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe,' which aims to produce, transmit and translate knowledge to support the control and ultimate eradication of malaria," the press release states, adding, "Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), in collaboration with the Harvard Global Health Institute, is spearheading the effort, which is being launched in partnership with the United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria. The ExxonMobil Foundation is funding the one-year residency program" (10/4).
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