Wilson Center Experts
Murray Feshbach
Senior Scholar
Kennan Institute
Contact Information:
T 202/691-4071
// F 202/691-4001
Expertise:
Environment
; Global Health
; Population
; Russia and Eurasia
Affiliation:
Research Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University
Wilson Center Project(s):
"Policy Implications of Population, Health, and Environment Trends in Russia"
Term:
Oct 01, 2002
Sep 30, 2012
Major Publications
- The Early Days of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Former Soviet Union, Prepared for the Conference on "Health and Demography in the Former Soviet Union," Harvard University, April 2005
- HIV/AIDS in Ukraine: An Analysis of Statistics, with Cristina M. Galvin, Research Associate, March 2005
- HIV/AIDS in the Russian Military – Update*, Prepared for UNAIDS Meeting, 22-23 February 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Potential Social Disarray in Russia Due to Health Factors
- HIV/AIDS in Russia: An Analysis of Statistics, written with Cristina M. Galvin, Research Associate, January 2005
- "Russia's Health and Demographic Crises: Policy Implications and Consequences," Health and National Security Series (Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, April 2003)
- "A Country on the Verge," op-ed, The New York Times, May 31, 2003
- "Russia's Demographic and Health Meltdown," U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee, Russia's Uncertain Economic Future, 107th Congress, 1st Session (Government Printing Office, December 2001)
- Ecological Disaster: Cleaning up the Hidden Legacy of the Soviet Regime (The Twentieth Century Fund Press, 1995)
Previous Terms at the Wilson Center:
October 1, 2000 - September 1, 2006: Demographics in Russia, health and environment;
October 1, 1979 - August 1, 1980: Comparative Study of Soviet and American Society During World War II
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Drug-Resistant TB in Russia
July 24, 2007 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
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Commemoration of the Chernobyl Disaster: The Human Experience Twenty Years Later
April 26, 2006 // 8:30am — 7:30pm
Although many people know the basic story of Chernobyl, for U.S. audiences the details and the human experience of Chernobyl have faded. The Kennan Institute, in cooperation with the University of Alberta and the Harriman Institute, will commemorate the disaster on its twentieth anniversary in an attempt to help to bring the personal side of the story back into the spotlight. more
Drug-Resistant TB in Russia
July 24, 2007 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
It is expected that 62 percent of all new multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases will be concentrated in Russia, China, and India, according to Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee.
Commemoration of the Chernobyl Disaster: The Human Experience Twenty Years Later
April 26, 2006 // 8:30am — 7:30pm
Although many people know the basic story of Chernobyl, for U.S. audiences the details and the human experience of Chernobyl have faded. The Kennan Institute, in cooperation with the University of Alberta and the Harriman Institute, will commemorate the disaster on its twentieth anniversary in an attempt to help to bring the personal side of the story back into the spotlight.
