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He further discovered that the cognitive deficit most affected was Alzheimer-like semantic fluency impairment and then found that the Alzheimer risk gene, ApoE4 actually protected favela children against diarrhea and cognitive impairment, helping explain the evolution of this troubling allele.  &#010;   He is senior editor of \u201cTropical Infectious Diseases,\u201d \u201cAt the Edge of Development: Health Crises in a Transitional Society,\u201d and over 700 scientific articles (18 with UVa\u2019s 3 Nobel Laureates, Gilman, Murad and Marshall) and has recently published \u201cEvolution of Evolution: The Survival Value of Caring,\u201d and \u201cWhy Care? \u2026and How?\u201d&#010;&#010;<strong>Honors and Awards<\/strong>&#010;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Honorary PhD in Public Health, University of Venda, Limpopo, South Africa (2018)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Maxwell Finland Award\tfor Scientific Achievement NIFD (2014)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Virginia Outstanding Scientist Award (2012);<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Thomas Jefferson Award (2010)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Distinguished Scientist Award at University of Virginia (2009)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Mentor Award (2009)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Walter Reed Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2008); President 1997.<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Elected to the Institute of Medicine\/National Academy of Medicine (2003); Chair, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases interest group in 2007-10; Board on Global Health (2007); Chair, 2008-2013 <\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>IDSA Smadel and Abbot Awards of the IDSA (1997)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Henderson Inventor of the Year Award for the University of Virginia (1997)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Emilio Ribas Medal from the Infectious Diseases Society of Brazil (1997)<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>American Clinical and Climatologic Association (1996); Chair, US Cholera Panel 1993-98;<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Listed in Castle-Connelly Best Doctors in America 1995-2011<\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Horsley Research Prize at University of Virginia (1974); <\/li>\n<p>&#010;<\/p>\n<li>Alpha Omega Alpha, Raven Society, SmithKlineFrench Fellowship \u2013 Congo (1967)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1734149,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"otheraff":[2400],"phd-degree":[],"primary":[2343],"research-discipline":[2507],"research-opportunity":[2557],"training-grant":[2319,2321,2317],"class_list":["post-1730688","faculty-listing","type-faculty-listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","otheraff-unaligned-members","primary-medicine-infectious-diseases-and-international-health","research-discipline-infectious-diseases-biodefense","research-opportunity-ro-infectiousdiseases","training-grant-global-biothreats-training-program","training-grant-global-infectious-disease-research-training-grant-at-uva","training-grant-interdisciplinary-training-program-in-immunology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guerrant, Richard L. - Research Faculty Directory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/faculty\/faculty-listing\/rlg9a\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guerrant, Richard L. - Research Faculty Directory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guerrant\u2019s research is focused on the long-term impact of diarrhea and repeated enteric infections in developing areas. 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