Roger Detels

Roger Detels

Roger Detels, M.D. is a Distinguisher Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases in the Department of Epidemiology, Jonathan Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Has served as President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the International Epidemiological Association. He is a recipient of the Lilienfeld Award among other honors. At UCLA he served as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Dean of the School of Public Health. He has published over 550 research papers and is the senior editor of the 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th editions and co-editor of the 1^st and 2^nd editions of the Oxford Textbook of Global Health. During his career at UCLA he has mentored over 50 Ph.D. candidates from all over the world. He has received awards from the governments of China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.