Hooked on ID with Rehan Syed, MD, MSc

In retrospect, my path to infectious diseases began before I recognized it.
I lived in South and Southeast Asia for much of my childhood, and while studying development economics at Stanford, I began applying statistical approaches to practical issues of public health. While taking D. Scott Smith’s “Parasites and Pestilence” course, I recognized that many of the medical problems I had encountered in childhood, such as dengue and malaria, involve a complex interplay of pathogen, vector, host, natural and built environment, socioeconomic disparities and other determinants.
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In retrospect, my path to infectious diseases began before I recognized it.
I lived in South and Southeast Asia for much of my childhood, and while studying development economics at Stanford, I began applying statistical approaches to practical issues of public health. While taking D. Scott Smith’s “Parasites and Pestilence” course, I recognized that many of the medical problems I had encountered in childhood, such as dengue and malaria, involve a complex interplay of pathogen, vector, host, natural and built environment, socioeconomic disparities and other determinants.
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