Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H. and a former professor of epidemiology. He helped run the WHO smallpox eradication program in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh; was a staff member of the WHO "Global Commission

Territories epidemiology, public health, smallpox, technology, WiFi

to Certify Smallpox Eradicated" in Burma, India, Nepal, and Iran; and served as the last UN inspector to visit Iran to search for hidden smallpox. The author of two books and dozens of articles on the epidemiology of smallpox, blindness, and environmental diseases, he has worked at city, county, state, federal, and international levels. Larry is also the founder of the Seva Foundation, which has performed 2 million free sight-restoring eye operations in India and Nepal. As a technologist, he was a founder of The WELL, CEO of two public technology corporations (SoftNet Systems Inc. and Network Technologies), and most recently founded the WiFi company, Cometa. Larry is also a recipient of the 2006 TED Prize, which grants him one wish to change the world.


Gigs

• Director, Google.org Philanthropy
• Chair, The Seva Foundation
• CEO, Network Systems
• CEO, SoftNet Systems, Inc.
• Associate/Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, 1977-1980; 1981- 1988
• Epidemiologist and Survey Manager, World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness Program, Katmandu, Nepal, 1980-1981.
• Medical Officer, Smallpox Eradication and Epidemiological Advisory Inter Country Team, WHO, Regional Office for S.E. Asia, New Delhi, 1973-1977.

Creations

• Founder, Pandefense, Inc., dedicated to combatting avian flu and other infectious diseases
• Founder, Cometa
• Cofounder, The Seva Foundation
• Coauthor, The Epidemiology of Blindness in Nepal, (with R.P. Pokhrel, N. Grasset, N. and G. Brilliant), The Seva Foundation, 1988.
• Cofounder, The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL)
• Coauthor, The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India, The University of Michigan Press, 1985.

Education

• M.P.H., University of Michigan, 1977
• M.D., Wayne State University, 1969
• B.S., University of Michigan, 1965