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Anna Spector

About.com Guide to Infectious Diseases

Anna Spector is an experienced freelance writer who has lived in many countries with her husband, Oscar Bernal, an MD/MPH who is an infectious diseases adviser for Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

Experience:

A writer and translator (Spanish-English) for environmental conservation and humanitarian organizations offering medical assistance, Spector originally studied to be a research scientist.

Education:

Spector received her master's of public health (MPH) degree with a focus on environmental health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in plant biology.

From Anna Spector:

I am a great supporter of public health and believe that it is always better to prevent a disease than to treat it. The road to prevention always begins with being well-informed, so on this site, I aim to provide you with useful and reliable information.

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