David L. Heymann, MD (born 1946 in Pennsylvania, USA) is Executive Director, Communicable Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). Heymann was appointed by Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Director-General of the WHO, and assumed his position on July 21, 1988. Heymann previously served as the Director of the WHO Program on Emerging and other Communicable Diseases and as the chief of research activities in the Global Program on AIDS. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ... Gro Harlem Brundtland [IPA: gro hɑɭɛm brʉntlɑnd] (born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. ...

Education

Heymann received his Bachelor or Arts from Pennsylvania State University and later obtained an MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He also received a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Heymann did two years of practical epidemiology training with the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) was established in 1951 following the start of the Korean War as an early warning system against biological warfare and man-made epidemics. ...

External links

• WHO Profile of Dr. Heymann

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