Biggerstaff leads alumni board

Epidemiologist Matthew Biggerstaff 06MPH is president of the RSPH Alumni Association Board for 2010-2011. He serves on the CDC’s Surveillance Outbreak Response Team in the Influenza Division, where much of his work focuses on H1N1. Currently, he is the lead analyst on a project that monitors influenza-like illness among the U.S. population.

Why did Biggerstaff choose to serve on the RSPH Alumni Board? “Emory and Rollins have shaped my career, giving me the scholarship assistance, the network, and the technical skills that I needed to become an epidemiologist in a job that I love,” he says. “The least I can do in return is to offer my time to help the school, whether by making a gift, mentoring a current student, or serving on a panel before prospective students.”