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name: Larry Brilliant
about: Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH, is the Chairman of the Skoll Global Threats Fund and was vice president of Google and executive director of Google.org. Board-certified in preventive medicine and public health, he co-founded the international nonprofit Seva Foundation, served as chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Committee, has worked for the World Health Organization, and was an associate professor of epidemiology, global health planning, and economic development at the University of Michigan. He has received the TED Prize and two honorary doctorates, and has been named one of Time magazine's ''100 Most Influential People,'' and an ''International Public Health Hero.'' He lives in Marin County, California. Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH, is the Chairman of the Skoll Global Threats Fund and was vice president of Google and executive director of Google.org. Board-certified in preventive medicine and public health, he co-founded the international nonprofit Seva Foundation, served as chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Committee, has worked for the World Health Organization, and was an associate professor of epidemiology, global health planning, and economic development at the University of Michigan. He has received the TED Prize and two honorary doctorates, and has been named one of Time magazine's ''100 Most Influential People,'' and an ''International Public Health Hero.'' He lives in Marin County, California. ...more