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

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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.

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Dr. Roger L. Nichols, assisted by a nurse, Mehedi Hassan, prepares to vaccinate a young Saudi Arabian. Above —Dr. John C. Snyder and Dr. Robert C. Page at the Aramco Health Center in Dhahran. Dr. Snyder is director and Dr. Page is associate director of the Aramco Trachoma Research Program. Dr. Samuel D. Bell, Jr., and Dr. Nadine A. Haddad look for the first signs of trachoma. Campbell’s research is in the mycotic agents of disease. Dr. Ley has conducted tetanus studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Laboratories and begun work with scrub typhus at the School. Our new member, Dr. John Peters, represents the field of immuno-chemistry. Dr. Edsall, Superintendent of the Institute of Laboratories of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and a member of the Department staff, is engaged in research programs in immuni¬ zation which bridge and areas of basic and ap¬ plied research as well as international consulta¬ tion. Several members of the Institute staff hold part-time appointments in the Department and participate in the teaching program. The Department has slightly modified its cur¬ riculum to emphasize the epidemiologic and ecologic aspects of infectious disease to more nearly match the problems encountered in prac¬ tical situations in public health here and abroad. Dr. Herbert L. Lev Right —Dr. Geoffrey Edsall is shown presiding at an international meeting of immunologists.