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CURRICULUM VITAE
LAWRENCE JAMES CASAZZA
Director, ACAM -African Communities Against Malaria
3644 36th Ave. S -Unit A
Seattle, WA 98144
Tel: cell phone (202) 590-7376
e-mail larrycasazza@earthlink.net
website : www.acamalaria.org
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
M.P.H./1969 Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene. M.P.H.- Nutrition and International Health.
M.D./1964 University of the State of New York at Buffalo , School of Medicine. M.D. Medicine
A.B./1960 Canisius College , Buffalo , New York .
Pre-Medical studies
Post doctoral training
Intern, Charity Hospital (Tulane Service) New Orleans , Louisiana . 1964-65
Resident in Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital , Baltimore , Maryland . 1965-1968
Resident assistant to Dr. George Graham, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Lima , Peru , Summer, 1968.
Medical Board or Other Certifications
Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics; re-certified May, 1987
Fellow, American College of Medical Examiners
Professional Experience
April ’03-present Director, ACAM- African Communities Against Malaria
Retired from World Vision US to become independent consultant to: strengthen Roll Back Malaria interventions and community-based-IMCI programs in multiple African countries through mentoring and development of National NGO/CBO Collaborative Groups. This is a strategic mechanism to bring the community component into the RBM planning/implementation process for both PMI and GFATM–funded programs.
July1989-present Faculty research associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, International Health Division,
Dec ’01-April ‘03 Senior Health Specialist, Roll Back Malaria/IMCI, World Vision US Technical Resource Team
Worked to develop C-IMCI and Malaria Working Groups in CORE, eventually resulting in development of four national level NGORBM secretariats in Uganda , Kenya , Tanzania and Zambia . Engaged in EARN and global level RBM theme groups for MIP; CORE Representative to Joint Task Force meeting for IMCI and RBM for 2003 and 2004.
Feb ‘99-Dec’01 Senior Specialist, Primary Care/Community Health, World Vision US/Programs Division, Washington , D.C.
Continued to oversee all World Vision health-related programming and introduced RBM priorities and programming guidelines into World Vision’s international health programs
August ‘94-Jan ‘99 Co-Director, International Health/Child Survival, WVRD, Washington DC
Responsible for USAID/Child Survival/health proposal preparation, technical backstopping for training, implementation and monitoring and evaluation in Honduras, Dominican Republic, Uganda, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Nicaragua, Eritrea and Ethiopia for USAID-funded Child Survival Projects; was instrumental in the organization and development of CORE, the association of 37 PVOs who have implemented USAID CSPs, serving as chair of the Steering Committee for the first two years; chaired both the IMCI and RBM Working Groups of CORE
Dec ’93-July ’94 Senior Program officer, Child Survival/Health, World Vision Relief and Development Washington DC- based
Jan ’90 – Oct ’93 Acting Technical Director, Technical Unit, PRITECH Washington, D.C.; seconded by Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, Dept. of International Health (Nutrition Division). Technical back-up responsibility for National Diarrheal Disease Control programs in Zambia, Kenya and Uganda; advised on case management policy and training activities for PRITECH; collaboration with WHO in training assessment studies; promotion of breastfeeding activities in CDD programs.
Jan 1979- Nov 89 Clinic Director, Whitefish Pediatric Clinic, Whitefish, Montana .
Established first clinical pediatric practice in semi-rural area serving a population of 30,000; Flathead Country Health Officer responsible for infectious disease control and in-service staff education; Chief of Staff at North Valley Hospital, Whitefish, Montana; active in founding County Child Abuse Prevention Council and CARE, a community/school-based program to prevent alcohol and drug abuse. Both continue to function today with funding support coming from community and State/Federal resources.
Consultant, World Bank health components in Nigeria (Urban) and Madras (Urban) projects; Lesotho PNP-I and II projects.
1977- Aug 78 Public Health Specialist, Office of Environmental and Health Affairs, Vice President’s Office, World Bank.
Reviewed all Bank projects for health implications; prepared health components in Calcutta Urban and Nepal Rural Development Projects. Contributed to Health Sector policy development to bring WB to fund Heath projects directly, rather than components only in Urban and Rural Development projects.
1974-77 Project Officer, Population Projects Department, Central Project Staff, World Bank.
Primarily responsible for Philippines I; also Indonesia and Colombia project work; Pakistan Health Sector work.
1971-74 Assistant Professor, Nutrition Section, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
Consultant to International Program and Louisiana Family Planning Program of Family Health Foundation; Coordinator of Technical Assistance Team for International Program. Principal Investigator, NIH/Tulane ICMR Program Project, Cali , Colombia , S.A. Project Title: Immune Responsiveness in Infants of Normal and Malnourished Mothers During the First Two Years of Life.
1969-71 Lt. Commander, (active duty USN) Clinical Research Investigator, U.S. Navy Research Unit (NAMRU-2), Taipei , Taiwan , Republic of China.
International Health Experience in: Angola, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Society Memberships
Member, American Public Health Association. International Health Section, elected Council member (1995-96)
Member, Global Health Council- Chair-Faith and Heath Caucus
Member, CCIH –Christian Connections in International Health
Affiliate member, American Academy of Pediatrics
Publications- on Request
Languages
English (native) and Spanish (S-II level fluency). Portuguese- training in process