Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Research Programs Around the World Dr. Herbert L. Ley, Chairman T HE Department of Microbiology shares with the Departments of Tropical Public Health and Epidemiology instruction in infe ctious di¬ seases. Emphasis is placed on the ecology and epidemiology of the bacterial, mycotic, viral and rickettsial diseases of man. The Department is also engaged in a wide variety of research pro¬ grams both at Harvard and at held sites as diverse as Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Yugoslavia, Portugal and Arizona. Drs. Snyder, Murray, Bell and Nichols conduct trachoma research sponsored by the Arabian American Oil Company and the Public Health Service. Drs. Murray and Vinson are engaged in studies of epidemic typhus and trench fever un¬ der the aegis of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board. Dr. Chang studies the intimate relation¬ ships of human cells and viral agents which cause cell injury or aging in subtle ways. Miss Front row —Mrs. Jacqueline Livingston, Miss Alice Morse, Miss Mary Ann McNichol, Miss Irene Petritsi, Mr. E. Mario Zipilivan. Second row —Miss Clare Con¬ over, Miss Charlotte Campbell, Miss Linda Ambrosini, Mrs. Jane O ' Connor, Dr. Samuel D. Bell, Jr., Mrs. Lesley Daniels, Dr. John Peters, Dr. Kenneth Girard, Dr. Robert Chang. Third row —Miss Frances Radcliffe, Mrs. G. Cornil, Dr. F. Daguillard, Dr. Thomas Boyd, Dr. Edward Murray, Dr. Herbert Ley, Jr. Fourth row —Dr. Justin Conrad, Miss Gertrude Green, Dr. Geoffrey Edsall, Dr. J. William Vinson, Dr. Robert MacCready, Dr. Harry Ashe.

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MICROBIOLOGY

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After this photograph was taken, Dr. Page was succeeded by Dr. Richard H. Daggy, who re¬ cently resigned as Medical Director of Aramco to join the Faculty of Public Health at Harvard as Assistant Dean for International Programs. The present Associate Director of the trachoma research program in Aramco’s Medical De¬ partment is Dr. Roger L. Nichols.