The Winter Quarter 2009 installment of this popular lunchtime lecture and discussion series features Robert Siegel, Associate Professor in Microbiology and Immunology.
Robert Siegel is an Associate Professor at Stanford where he is Course Director of the Infectious Disease component of the pre-clinical curriculum and Co-Director of the International Health Scholarly Concentration, focusing his courses on virology and infectious disease, Darwin, genetics and molecular biology, and global health and development. A recipient of numerous teaching and advising awards, he holds appointments in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Program in Human Biology, and the Center for African Studies.
In addition, Robert has served in an advisory capacity for numerous international NGOs, organizations and projects, and has organized conferences on international health and on Darwin. He is also a published photographer, an avid walker and nature enthusiast, a tennis player, a closet pianist and an experienced traveler, having accompanied Stanford students to six continents. His travels also include fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and East Africa on malaria and HIV.
A devoted Stanford enthusiast, Robert arrived at Stanford as a freshman 36 years ago and completed three of his five degrees here — BA in psychology, MA in education, and MD in the school of medicine. He played intercollegiate soccer, performed with the band, acted with Ram's Head and was the second “Stanford Tree.” He recently taught an entire Sophomore College class about Stanford: The Stanford Safari. He is still trying to figure out what he wants to do when he graduates.