Ronald E. LaPorte CURRICULUM VITAE: AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICES

• Distinguished Teaching Award, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.
• Director, Disease Monitoring and Telecommunication, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Diabetes Registries and Training in the Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus (1988-present)
• Principal Investigator, WHO Multinational Project on Childhood Diabetes (1990-1999)
• Faculty Member, World Health Organization, International Diabetes Epidemiology Training Course, Cambridge, England, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993.
• Kelly West Memorial Award, American Diabetes Association, 1988.
• Scientific Program Chairman, Diabetes Epidemiology Council, American Diabetes Association (1983-1985).
• Advisor, World Bank China Project.
• Advisor, Pan American Health Organization.
• Advisor European Economic Community "EURODIAB"
• Associate Editor, Diabetes Care.
• Member, American Epidemiology Society
• Invited papers in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Mainland China, Cyprus, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and Thailand.

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