Peter Daszak
Peter Daszak is a British zoologist, consultant and public expert on disease ecology, in particular on zoonosis. He is the president of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit non-governmental organization that supports various programs on global health and pandemic prevention.[1][2] He is also a member of the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.[2][3] He lives in Suffern, New York.[4]
Peter Daszak
Daszak was involved in investigations into the initial outbreak which eventually developed into the COVID-19 pandemic[5] and became a member of the World Health Organization team sent to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
Education
Daszak earned a B.Sc. in zoology in 1987, at Bangor University and a Ph.D. in parasitic infectious diseases in 1994 at University of East London.[2]
Awards and honors
In 1999, Daszak received a meritorious service award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[43] In 2018, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[43][44] He is commemorated in the names of the centipede Cryptops daszaki,[45] as well as the apicomplexan parasite Isospora daszaki.[46]