Guest speaker: Frank O.Richards\, Jr.\, M. D. Director of Parasitic Disease Control Programs\, The Carter Center.
< p>This public health lecture series is named in honor of the historic Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis. At a time in American society when peop le of color were restricted from most medical training programs\, the Homer G. Phillips Hospital became the premier training ground for African Americ an medical professionals -- many of whom remained to deliver high quality h ealth care in the St. Louis area and who later assumed prestigious position s throughout the nation. Although it closed its doors on August 17\, 1979\, we can learn much from the hospital's history\, presented by the very peop le who strived diligently to provide culturally sensitive care to the patie nts who so deeply trusted and loved them.Dr. Frank Richards\, Jr. ca me to The Carter Center from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \, where he spent over 20 years in a career focused on parasitic disease co ntrol and eradication in the Americas and Africa. Over the course of his ca reer he has worked on schistosomiasis control in Egypt\, Guinea worm eradic ation in Cameroon\, lymphatic filariasis elimination in Haiti and Nigeria\, and malaria control in Guatemala\, Nigeria and Ethiopia. Dr. Richards' par ticular expertise is in onchocerciasis (river blindness). He holds faculty appointments at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health (in the Departmen t of Global Health) and the Emory School of Medicine (in the Division of Pe diatric Infectious Disease) and is on the medical staff at Children's Healt h Care of Atlanta.
The son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank O. Richards\, Sr.\, Dr. Richards Jr. grew up in St. Louis. His father completed his clinical tr aining at Homer G. Phillips Hospital and is a contributing author to "A Cen tury of Black Surgeons\, the USA Experience".
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