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Saad B. Omer

@saadomer.bsky.social
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Founding Dean, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern | Gavi Board Member | Vaccine Researcher | Epidemiologist | Opinions my own.

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Saad B. Omer @saadomer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The world has lost a hero. Bill Foege helped lead smallpox eradication, guided the CDC in the early AIDS era, and shaped global health at the Gates Foundation and the Carter Center. As the Bill Foege Professor at Emory, I heard one refrain again and again: “Bill Foege is my hero.” He was mine too.
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Saad B. Omer @saadomer.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
In the new year, may kindness be more infectious than pathogens. Happy New Year.
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
In the last four decades, the number of people who were paralyzed by polio was reduced by over 99%. This chart is from my article on why we can be the generation that ends polio forever everywhere: ourworldindata.org/global-fight...
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Saad B. Omer @saadomer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Dr Jing He, Professor & Chair Designate of the Department of Epidemiology in the O'Donnell School of Public Health at UT Southwestern, is a 2024 recipient of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) highest commendation, the Distinguished Scientist award. Bravo. www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/art...
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UTSW epidemiologist to receive AHA Distinguished Scientist award
Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair Designate of Epidemiology in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center, is a 2024 recipient of the American Heart Ass...
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