Lecture: Dr. Jeffrey Koplan – Rural Health In China

Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Emory University Vice President for Global Health and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spoke on the topic: Rural Health in China.

Dr. Koplan is well versed on the subject, in 2002 he was designated, Advisor Number One, for the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC). In September of 2013, he was awarded The People’s Republic of China Friendship Award, the highest award for foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China’s economic and social progress.

Dr. Koplan is Vice President for Global Health at Emory University. He also serves as director of the Emory Global Health Institute, a position he has held since the Institute was established in 2006. Dr. Koplan previously was Vice President for Academic Health Affairs in Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center, a position he held since joining Emory University in 2002. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Koplan served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).