Jonathon Lee Simon, M.P.H., D.Sc., is the Chair of the Department of International Health, Director of the Center for International Health and Development, and Professor of International Health at the BUSPH. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley in Conservation and Resource Studies. His MPH is also from UC Berkeley. Dr. Simon received his Doctorate of Science from the Harvard University School of Public Health, having completed dissertation research on the changing demography of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been involved in applied child health research activities for 20 years, working in more than twenty developing countries. Before joining Boston University, Dr. Simon was a Fellow of the Harvard Institute for International Development, where he was Principal Investigator for a large multi-country applied research project. During his tenure at HIID, he was resident in Pakistan for two years as the regional advisor. Dr. Simon has had extensive experience working in Africa, particularly on issues including child survival, infectious diseases, and capacity strengthening. He has recently been involved in a new area of research, evaluating the economic impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on sectors of the African economy.
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