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Joseph Zunt, MD

Joseph Zunt

Professor, Departments of Neurology and Global Health
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology,
University of Washington

Dr. Zunt received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota, completed his neurology residency and infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Washington. He also obtained a Masters degree in Public Health (Epidemiology) and a Teaching Scholars Certificate Program at the University of Washington. Over the past 17 years, he has built a collaborative research and training network involving the University of Washington and numerous medical centers, nongovernmental organizations and universities throughout Peru.

Dr. Zunt is board-certified in neurology and a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the International Society for Neurovirology, the North American Neurocysticercosis Consortium, the Sociedad Peruana de Neurologia and the World Federation of Neurology. He is Co-Director of the CFAR International Core, PI of three Fogarty-funded global health training programs: the NIH Fogarty Northern Pacific Global Health Fellows Program Consortium; the Kuskaya Innovations in Global Health; and the Interdisciplinary Cerebrovascular Training Program in South America.