Dick Menzies
Dr. Dick Menzies received his medical training at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University in Montreal and specialty training in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. He then worked for 2½ years in Lesotho, Africa, where he was first exposed (literally) to tuberculosis – in all its forms and with all its devastation. He then received sub-specialty training in Respiratory Medicine and a Masters degree in Epidemiology & Biostatistics at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University. Dr. Menzies served as Medical Director at the Montreal Chest Institute for a total of 10 years ending in 2002 and then as Director of the Respiratory Division for 9 years. He was also Director of the Respiratory Epidemiology Unit at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ for almost 15 years and is now Director of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ WHO Collaborating Centre in TB Research and the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ International TB Centre.
Tuberculosis; Biostatistics; Epidemiology; Respiratory disease; Global health