Mervyn Susser
Mervyn Wilfred Susser | |
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Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 26 September 1921
Died | 14 August 2014 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States | (aged 92)
Nationality | South African |
Occupation(s) | Activist, doctor, and epidemiologist |
Employer | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
Title | Sergievsky Professor of Epidemiology Emeritus |
Spouse | Zena Stein |
Parent(s) | Solomon Susser Ida Rose Son |
Mervyn Wilfred Susser (26 September 1921 – 14 August 2014) was a South African activist, doctor and
His career was closely interwoven with that of his wife, Zena Stein.[2] He is considered as one of the pioneers of epidemiology in the twentieth century.[3]
Biography
Mervyn Wilfred Susser was born on 26 September 1921 in
Susser married Zena Stein in 1949.[1] Susser and Stein had three children: Ezra Susser, Ruth Susser and Ida Susser.[4]
Susser, Stein and colleagues began their careers at a clinic in
In this work they were influenced and mentored by
In 1965, Susser and Stein moved to
From 1992 through 1998, Susser served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Public Health.[13][14]
Towards the end of their careers, Susser and Stein became increasingly concerned about the
He died on 14 August 2014 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.[1]
Legacy
On learning of his death, aged 92, Section27 issued the following statement:
His contribution to the fight against the HIV pandemic cannot be overstated. Dr Susser served as the joint director of the newly founded Africa Centre for Population and Reproductive Health Research in Kwazulu-Natal with his wife Dr Zena Stein in 1999. Mervyn and Zena were instrumental in highlighting the possible impact of the HIV pandemic in South Africa from the late 1980s. He worked alongside Dr. Salim (Slim) Abdool Karim to submit the first successful application to Fogarty in 1993 which sought to build strategic, sustainable scientific capacity to enhance the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland.
References
- ^ New York Times. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
Dr. Mervyn Susser, a South African-born epidemiologist whose work drew new attention to the connections between disease and the social conditions that can enable its spread, died on Aug. 14 at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. He was 92. ... Mervyn Wilfred Susser was born on Sept. 26, 1921, in Johannesburg ...
- ^ a b c d e f Davey Smith G, Susser E. "Zena Stein, Mervyn Susser and epidemiology: observation, causation and action", Int. J. Epidemiol 2002; 31(1): 34–37.
- ^ Sandro Galea. "Remembering Mervyn Susser". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Susser I. AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
- ^ Susser M, Stein Z, Cormack M, Hathorn M. Medical care in a South African township. Lancet 1955; i: 912–15.
- PMID 8328603.
- ^ Susser M, Stein Z. Civilization and peptic ulcer. Reprinted Int J Epidemiol 2002; 31: 13–17.
- ^ Susser MW, Watson W, Hopper K. Sociology in Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
- ^ Dr. Mervyn Susser obituary, ieaweb.org; accessed 27 August 2014.
- ISBN 0-19-264915-9
- ^ Kaufman JS, Poole C., Looking back on Causal Thinking in the Health Sciences. Annu Rev Public Health 2000; 21: 1–19.
- ^ Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center website, cumc.columbia.edu; accessed 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Mervyn Susser, Big Picture Thinker And Pioneer In Epidemiology, Dies At Age 92". www.epimonitor.net. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Masthead: American Journal of Public Health". American Public Health Association. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ a b CAPRISA. "A Tribute to Mervyn Susser from CAPRISA" Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, caprisa.org; accessed 27 August 2014.
External links
- Giants Among Us: Mervyn Susser, a 2011 profile.
- Nigel Paneth (2003). A Conversation With Mervyn Susser, Columbia University