Donald R. Roberts

Donald Roberts is a professor of entomology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.[1][2]

Career

Roberts became active at the United States Army Medical Corps and worked for the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (1980 to 1984) and USU (1984 to 2007) spending his career on Malaria prevention. He is known for his intense fights with the WHO advocating for usage of DDT.[3][4] Contrary to the scientific mainstream he thought of it as an „excellent powder“.[5]

He serves as an advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is on the board of Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM).[3]

Publications

  • Roberts, Donald; Andre, Richard (1994). "Insecticide Resistance Issues in Vector-Borne Disease Control". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 50 (6): 21–34. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1994.50.21. ISSN 0002-9637. PMID 8024082.
— which is cited by —
Lounibos, L. Philip (2002). "Invasions by insect vectors of human disease". Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews. 47: 233–66. doi:10.1146/ANNUREV.ENTO.47.091201.145206. PMID 11729075. S2CID 28336540.

References

  1. https://medschool.usuhs.edu/sites/default/files/media/documents/pmb_information_handbook.pdf
  2. https://medschool.usuhs.edu/sites/default/files/2020-03/PMB-Master-Handbook.pdf
  3. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) (2007). "Malaria Researcher Wins Prestigious National Berry Award".
  4. Bate, Roger; Tren, Richard; Roberts, Donald (2022). "The United Nations' Scientific Fraud Against DDT". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  5. Roberts, Donald; Tren, Richard; Bate, Roger; Zambone, Jennifer (2010). The Excellent Powder : DDT's Political and Scientific History. Indianapolis, IN. p. 452. ISBN 978-1-60844-376-5. OCLC 618741756. S2CID 158430456. ISBN 9781608443765 S2CID 85003987.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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