Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Adjunct Associate Professor
Email: rvryheid@sdsu.edu
Education
- MPH, Epidemiology, San Diego State University, 1996
- PhD, Anthropology, University of Oregon, 1981
- MS, Anthropology, University of Oregon, 1975
- BA, Sociology, University of Redlands, 1973
- Languages: Thai, Lao, Khmer.
Scholarly Areas
- Public health project planning, proposing, monitoring, reporting, and evaluating
- Researching and explaining infectious disease transmission and prevention in English, Thai, Lao, and Khmer in trainings and media
- Epidemiological data collection and statistical analysis
- Vector borne diseases, especially malaria and dengue
- Airborne diseases, especially COVID-19 and influenza
- Malnutrition
Biography
During the pandemic, I researched and wrote the SPH web pages “Coronavirus COVID-19 Transmission Routes and Prevention.” This synthesized and summarized over 700 articles, added to and revised almost daily.
I worked for over 30 years in infectious disease control programs in USA, Thailand, Cambodia, and Lao PDR, for the U.S. Peace Corps; San Diego Immunization Partnership; Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand (PPAT); Vector Borne Disease Control of Thailand; Redd Barna (Save the Children, Norway); Thai-German Highland Development Programme; the Vaccine Assessment and Monitoring Team, World Health Organization; Adult Immunizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kenan Institute Asia; Catholic Relief Services; and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
Robert Vryheid has done presentations in malaria, coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 transmission and non-pharmaceutical prevention, H5N1 avian influenza, malnutrition, primary health care, and hepatitis B immunization in School of Public Health classes. He worked on several projects on these topics in the US, Thailand, Lao PDR, and Cambodia. He uses Thai, Lao, and Khmer languages in these projects. He earned a BA in Sociology at the University of Redlands, MS and PhD in Anthropology at the University of Oregon, and MPH in Epidemiology at the SDSU School of Public Health.
