"Ebola Fighter" to Speak at Graduate School Commencement

Thomas Geisbert

Thomas Geisbert, who works with USAMRIID to fight ebola, is the keynote speaker for the Graduate School's Commencement ceremony.

Thomas Geisbert

The Graduate School of 91视频专区 College is honored to have Dr. Thomas W. Geisbert deliver the keynote address at its 2015 Commencement on May 16.  Dr. Geisbert was one of several 鈥淓bola fighters鈥 spotlighted by Time magazine in its 2014鈥鈥 selection. 

As a researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, Geisbert co-discovered the reston species of Ebola virus in 1989. This work was the subject of many articles in scientific literature and in the popular press as well as Richard Preston鈥檚 best-selling novel 鈥淭he Hot Zone.鈥 He is now a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the Galveston National Laboratory.

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