Roberta B. Ness

Roberta B. Ness is an internationally renowned physician-scientist and author of 300 scientific papers and books. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine's National Academies of Science, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and a frequent advisor to the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and Centers for Disease Control. She is a past President of the American College of Epidemiology and President-elect of the American Epidemiology Society. Her many awards and honors include a White House appointment to the Board of the Mickey Leland Center. She is Dean of the University of Texas School of Public Health and the University of Texas-Houston Vice President for Innovation.