Guy Palmer, director
Dr. Palmer’s goal is to improve control of animal diseases with direct impact on human health and well-being. Within this focus, he has led collaborative infectious diseases research programs in southern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, where he currently directs a multi-institutional research effort studying genetic change in microbial pathogens and the risk for shifts in disease pattern and emergence.
Dr. Palmer is a member of the National Academies Institute of Medicine For his research at the interface of animal disease and human public health, Dr. Palmer was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences and is a current member of the Global Health Group within the Institute of Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Palmer is a member of and serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington State Academy of Science, which provides expert scientific and engineering analysis to inform public policy-making. Dr. Palmer has been recently recognized with the Merck Award for Creativity, the Schalm Lectureship at the University of California, the NIH Distinguished Scientist Lecture, the Sahlin Award for Research, Scholarship, and the Arts, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Currently, Dr. Palmer serves as an adviser to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the International Science Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Palmer received his BS summa cum laude and DVM from Kansas State University and his PhD from Washington State University; he is board-certified in anatomic pathology.
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