George W. A. Dick, MBChB, MPH
- At a Glance
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Leadership
- Dean MacKenzie
- Deans
- Chairs
- Faculty Senate
- Student Assembly
- Staff Assembly
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Health Advisory Board
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Board Members
- Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS '73
- Andrea D. Willis, MD, MPH '99, FAAP
- Ashok Agarwal, MPH '84
- Brian D. Crawford, PhD '82
- Caroline Popper, MD, MPH '90
- Catharine C. Dorrier
- Chereé M. Haswell Johnson, JD
- Christopher Anzalone
- Christopher I.M. Jones
- Colleen Cutcliffe, PhD
- Constance R. Caplan, MA '78
- Dave Hickey
- Dean Goodermote
- Deborah Levy, PhD '97, MPH
- Douglass B. Given, MD
- Edward J. Ludwig, MBA
- Faith Thomas, JD
- George L. Bunting, Jr.
- Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD '98
- Ira M. Rutkow, MD, PhD '81, MPH '78
- Irene C. Frary, MBA
- Joseph A. Boystak, MPH '77
- Karl P. Ronn
- Kathleen Ludwig
- Kelvin A. Baggett, MD, MPH '05
- Manfred Eggersdorfer, PhD
- Margaret Conn Himelfarb, MPH '04
- Marion Bergman, MD
- Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH '87
- Michael Kullman
- Nikos Pavlidis, MSc
- Pamela Hoehn-Saric
- Randolph "Randy" Gordon, MD, MPH '88
- Ravi Kavasery, MD
- Robert Carr, MD, MPH '86, FACPM
- Robert J. Abernethy, '62
- Roberta L. Schwartz, PhD, MHS '94
- Rodrigo A. Sierra, MBA
- Roger C. Lipitz
- Shale D. Stiller, MLS '77
- Sister Charlotte Kerr, RN, BSN, MPH
- Stephen G. Moore, MD, MPH '93
- Suprotik Basu, MHS `02
- Thomas McCann
- William C. Clarke III
- William Flumenbaum
- Committee Structure
- Philanthropic Impact
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Board Members
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Student Life
- Campus
- Baltimore
- Strategic Priorities
- Inclusion, Diversity, Anti-Racism, and Equity (IDARE)
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History
- Timeline
- Deans of the School
- Mike Bloomberg
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Heroes of Public Health
- Abel Wolman
- Abraham Lilienfeld, MD, MPH
- Alexander Langmuir, MD, MPH
- Anna M Baetjer, ScD
- Annelies S. Zachary, MD, MPH
- Annelies S. Zachary, MD, MPH
- Annik A. Rouillon, MD, MPH
- B. Frank Polk, MD, MSc
- Bernard Roizman, ScD
- Bill Gates, Sr.
- Carroll E. Palmer, MD, PhD
- Elmer V. McCollum, PhD
- Emanuel Kaplan, ScD
- Ernest L. Stebbins, MD, MPH
- Frank Hurley
- Fred Soper, DrPH, MPH
- Frederik Bang, MD
- George Comstock, MD, DrPH, MPH
- George W. A. Dick, MBChB, MPH
- Gilbert Otto, ScD
- Harry G. Day, ScD
- Helen Abbey, ScD
- Henry E. Sigerist, MD, PhD
- Herald R. Cox, ScD
- Jae-Moe Yang, MD, MPH, DMSc
- Jo Eirik Asvall, MD, MPH
- John H. Hanks, PhD
- Justin Andrews, ScD
- Kenneth Maxcy, DrPH
- Leo Kaprio, MD, DrPH, MPH
- Leroy E. Burney, MD, MPH
- Lewis Robbins, MD, MPH
- Lloyd E. Rozeboom, ScD
- Margaret Merrell, ScD
- Mo-Im Kim, DrPH, MPH
- Nowshir Jungalwalla, MD, MPH
- Paul V. Lemkau, MD
- Raymond Pearl, PhD
- Robert W. Hegner, PhD
- Ross Gauld, DrPH MPH
- Russell E. Morgan, MD
- Sushila Nayar, MBBS, DrPH, MPH
- Timothy Danforth Baker, MD, MPH ’54
- Virginia Apgar, MD, MPH
- William Henry Welch, MD
- William W. Cort, PhD
- Yolanda Nashio
- Centennial 2016
- What is Public Health?
A renowned epidemiologist and pathologist, George Dick is recognized internationally for his research into viral diseases, including yellow fever, Mengovirus and Merburgvirus. His distinguished career has produced vast knowledge on the virology of encephalitis, polio, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, smallpox and whooping cough. He also has been instrumental in the development of combined vaccines against many viral diseases.
He worked in the School's Poliomyelitis Laboratory from 1948-50, where he researched polio virus vaccines while pursuing his master's degree.
He wss equally distinguished in his academic affiliations. As professor emeritus at the University of London, Dr. Dick also served as examiner at most of the medical schools in the United Kingdom and in Dublin, Nairobi, Kampala, Riyadh, and Jeddah.
He was chairman of an independent group of consultants which has advised on numerous health care problems, including immunization, hospital and medical school planning, training and post-graduate education for countries of the Middle East and Nigeria, and continued his research on multiple sclerosis until his death.