Alfred Sommer Named Dan David Laureate
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 18:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Alfred Sommer, Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Service Professor and dean emeritus of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been named a Dan David Laureate for his groundbreaking research into vitamin A. Sommer's studies determined that vitamin A supplementation could save millions of children's eyesight and lives, and is considered among the most cost-effective health interventions in the world.