Judith Wasserheit, M.D., M.P.H., FIDSA is chair of the Global Health Committee for the Infectious Diseases Society of America (which produces this blog) and William H. Foege Chair of Global Health at the University of Washington, as well as professor of Global Health, Medicine and Epidemiology. She is the co-director of the University of Washington MetaCenter for Pandemic Disease Preparedness & Global Health Security.  She has worked in Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Thailand and Zambia.