Conference sponsored by:

Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

Deutsche Bank

The Contingency Planning Exchange

Klaus Stöhr, D.V.M., Project Leader, Global Influenza Programme, Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, World Health Organization (WHO)

Dr. Stöhr is Coordinator of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Influenza Programme in the Division for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR), where he is charged with coordinating the WHO Global Influenza Programme, including the WHO Influenza Surveillance Network, and advising WHO and national health authorities on policies and strategies for the surveillance and prevention of seasonal influenza and pandemic preparedness.

Dr. Stöhr has worked for WHO in various capacities since 1991. He served most recently as the Coordinator for SARS Aetiology and Diagnosis. Prior to that he served in the Animal and Food-related Public Health Risks section in CSR, in the Zoonotic Disease Unit in the Division for Emerging and Other Communicable Diseases, and in the Veterinary Public Health Unit in the Division for Communicable Diseases.

Dr. Stöhr's distinguished career includes positions as Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Scientist at the National Institute for Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Control in Animals in Germany. Prior to those positions, Dr. Stöhr was a Research Fellow in the Department for Epidemiology and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany.

Dr. Stöhr is a Corresponding Member of the European Society for Clinical Virology. He has authored more than 60 scientific publications since 1992, and he has delivered more than 120 invited presentations at international meetings.

His education and postgraduate training include a PhD (dissertation on Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Control) (1984-1987), a Research Fellowship in Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Control from the University of Leipzig (1984-1987), and a Diploma and Approbation in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Leipzig, Faculty Veterinary Medicine (1985). He completed his thesis on guidelines for investigations of infectious disease outbreaks, and his Physicum (Bachelor of Science) at the University of Leipzig, Germany.