Homayoon Farzadegan
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Biography
Homayoon Farzadegan, PhD, professor of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. A native of Iran, he first came to the United States in 1969 to complete his graduate studies, then taught at Tehran University School of Medicine. He immigrated to the United States in 1980, following the Iranian revolution in 1979, and became a U.S. citizen 18 years ago. His research interests include infectious diseases, viral diseases transmitted by blood and other body fluids, epidemiology and natural history studies, and genetic epidemiology. Farzadegan abilities to engage students—sometimes under less-than-ideal conditions earned him the Golden Apple, as the teaching award is known at the School, in the best small class category. In 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching.
Abstract
Abstract : Critical role of large scale academic repositories in epidemiology and public health
