Pavani Kalluri Ram, MD
Feces, fluids, fields, fingers and food. Combine these with a susceptible host and you get easily spread, yet easily preventable, diarrhea-related diseases.
The image isn’t pleasant, but neither is the reality, says Pavani K. Ram, assistant professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions.
Before Ram joined the UB faculty in 2005, she was an epidemiologist studying disease outbreaks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At UB, she focuses on prevention of high-burden diseases, such as diarrheal disease and acute respiratory infections, which are prevalent in low-income countries in Africa and Asia.
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