Claire E. Sterk
Claire Elizabeth Sterk is a Dutch scientist and President of Emory University.[1][2] Sterk has been Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health at Emory since 2000. Sterk is a leading figure in both public health and anthropology studying addiction, mental health, and HIV/AIDS. She was the first person to identify the risk of HIV infection due to unprotected sex among crack cocaine users.
Sterk is the author of two books—Fast Lives: Women Who Use Crack Cocaine and Tricking and Tripping: Prostitution in the Era of AIDS.[3] She has also published more than 100 articles and book chapters. Sterk received a PhD in sociology from Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1989 on her dissertation Living the life: prostitutes and their health and a doctoral degree in medical anthropology from the University of Utrecht.[4]
She became President of Emory on September 1, 2016. Prior to that time, she had served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Internationally acclaimed public health researcher and academic leader Claire E. Sterk named Emory University's next president". Emory University news center. June 3, 2016. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Claire E. Sterk, University Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs". Emory University. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Claire%20Sterk&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank
- ↑ http://www.wiareport.com/2013/01/claire-sterk-named-provost-at-emory-university/