Richard L. Guerrant, MD
Dr. Guerrant founded the Center for Global Health Equity at the University of Virginia. He was the Thomas H. Hunter Professor of International Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health. He was elected to the IOM/National Academy of Medicine and formerly chaired its Board on Global Health. Following undergraduate studies at Davidson College and the UVA’s School of Medicine, he trained in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard Medical Service of the Boston City Hospital, the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins, before ultimately joining faculty at UVA. He lived and worked in Congo, Bangladesh and Brazil. His research has focused on the recognition, diagnosis, pathogenesis, impact, and control of enteric infections and their long-term consequences. He is past president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and recipient of its highest award, the Walter Reed Medal, as well as Virginia Scientist of the Year from the Governor, the Mentor Award of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Maxwell Finland Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and of UVA’s highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award. He is the editor of six books, including "Evolution of Evolution, The Survival Value of Caring".