| Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D. is a Professor of Environmental
Microbiology in the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Soil, Water and Environmental
Science at the University of Arizona. He has been involved
in studying the environmental transmission of disease-causing
microorganisms for more than 30 years and has published more
than 500 scien tific articles in this area. Dr. Gerba has
conducted research since 1973 on public restroom hygiene and
the transmission of disease in public restrooms, and has published
results of this research in peer review journals. Dr. Gerba
has served on the Pima County (Ariz.) Board of Health and
as a consultant to the World Health Organization, the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. He is a member of the American
Academy of Microbiology. After receiving his Bachelor of Science
degree in Microbiology from Arizona State University, Dr.
Gerba earned his Ph.D. from the University of Miami, Coral
Gables, Fla. |
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