Robert L. Murphy, BA Geography, 1974 - a podcast by John Pollitz

Robert (Rob) Murphy came to SIUC to study aviation. He graduated in 1974 with a BA in Geography and went on to become an MD specializing in infectious diseases at Northwestern University. He is one of the five founding members of the Northwestern Global Health Foundation. His work focuses on HIV and other diseases in Africa but is of world-wide significance. During the Covid pandemic he kept Chicago informed during a daily feature on WGN TV.

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