NEW YORK, NY, February 24, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Stephen S. Morse has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A medical expert with more than four decades of experience in biomedical science, Dr. Morse is highly regarded as a virologist, epidemiologist, immunologist and educator. Today, he is Professor of Epidemiology at Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, a role that he has excelled in since 2008. Previously, Dr. Morse came to prominence as an instructor of microbiology for the Medical College of Virginia, a National Cancer Institute research fellow, a National Science Foundation trainee in its department of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin, and adjunct faculty member at The Rockefeller University Other noteworthy roles he has held include director of the USAID Predict Project, program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and assistant professor of microbiology at Rutgers University. Dr. Morse is the author of "Emerging Viruses: (Oxford University Press, 1992), and it was selected by "American Scientist" as one of "The Top 100 Science Books of the Century." He was also one of the founders of "ProMED" (the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases), and ProMED-mail (on the Internet at www.promedmail.org).
To prepare for a career in the medical field, Dr. Morse first invested in his education. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the City College of New York in 1971, a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1974 and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1977. Recognition as a leader in his field includes being a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Medicine, the American College of Epidemiology, the New York Academy of Sciences the American Academy of Microbiology, and the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition, he is a member of the Marine Biological Laboratory, the American Association of Immunologists, and the American Society of Microbiology. As he looks to the future, Dr. Morse intends to continue providing top of the line technical and scientific services while taking on new projects and opportunities as they arise.
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