Bio
Dr. Luby studied philosophy and earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from Creighton University. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital. He studied epidemiology and preventive medicine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Luby's previous positions include directing the Centre for Communicable Diseases at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 2004 - 2012, conducting research and teaching epidemiology at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan from 1993 - 1998, and working as an epidemiologist in the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Professor (By courtesy), Health Research & Policy
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Child Health Research Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Director of Research, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (2012 - Present)
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Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (2017 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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Alexander D. Langmuir Prize, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2001)
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Favourite paper in infectious diseases, Lancet Infectious Diseases (2005)
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Shepard Award, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006, 2014 & 2015)
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International WaTER Prize, Oklahoma University (2009)
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Medal of Excellence in Global Health, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012)
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Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Teaching Excellence Award, James P Grant School of Public Health (2012, 2014, 2015)
Professional Education
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Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology (1992)
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Residency, Strong Memorial Hospital, Internal Medicine (1989)
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Internship, Strong Memorial Hospital, Internal Medicine (1987)
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MD, University of Texas, Southwestern, Medicine (1986)
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BA, Creighton University, Philosophy (1981)
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Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1989)
Community and International Work
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Improving brick manufacturing, Bangladesh
Topic
Reduce pollution from brick kilns in Bangladesh
Partnering Organization(s)
ICDDRB, BRAC, Child Health Research Foundation
Populations Served
South Asia
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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RISE -- Revitalizing Informal Settlements and their Environment, Suva, Fiji; Makassar, Indonesia
Topic
Water, sanitation infrastructure
Partnering Organization(s)
Asian Development Bank, Monash University, Suva and Makassar city governments
Populations Served
Urban residents of informal settlements
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Assessing Typhoid conjugate vaccine, Navi Mumbai, India
Topic
Typhoid
Partnering Organization(s)
WHO India, CDC, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Populations Served
Urban South Asia
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Liberia Handwashing, Liberia
Topic
Improving handwashing in health care facilities
Partnering Organization(s)
National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Uniformed Services University, US Naval Medical Research Unit 3
Populations Served
Hospitalized patients in Liberia
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Windows ventilation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Topic
Reducing child pneumonia
Partnering Organization(s)
ICDDRB, Johns Hopkins University, University at Buffalo
Populations Served
Urban poor
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Pigs and parasites, Sichuan Province, China
Topic
Reducing neurocystocercosis
Partnering Organization(s)
China CDC
Populations Served
Rural Western Chinese, Ethnic Tibetin
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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RINEW -- Integrated effort to improve early child development
Topic
Early child development
Partnering Organization(s)
icddr,b, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Johns Hopkins University
Populations Served
Rural Bangladesh
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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WASH Benefits, Rural Bangladesh
Topic
Water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition
Partnering Organization(s)
icddrb, UC Berkeley
Populations Served
Children
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Lotus Water, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Topic
Water quality and health
Partnering Organization(s)
icddr,b
Populations Served
urban
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Burden of pneumococcal disease, Bangladesh
Topic
pneumococcal disease, immunization, surveillance
Partnering Organization(s)
Child Health Research Foundation
Populations Served
children
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Lead exposure in rural Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Topic
Lead
Partnering Organization(s)
icddr,b
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes