Susan P. Fisher-Hoch (born 1940) is a British-born infectious-disease specialist who has made major contributions to the understanding of

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and Lassa fever. She is the co-author, along with her husband

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, of the memoir ''Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC''. Fisher-Hoch is professor of epidemiology at

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School of Public Health. She was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2008. In 1993, Susan and her husband moved to Karachi, Pakistan, where they worked at the

Aga Khan University Aga Khan University is a non-profit institution and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. It was Founded in 1983 as Pakistan's first private university. Starting in 2000, the university expanded to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Ki ...

. During her time there, she supervised the clinical microbiology laboratory which was the largest in Pakistan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher-Hoch, Susan 1940 births Living people Academic staff of Aga Khan University British women epidemiologists British expatriates in Pakistan University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston faculty British expatriates in the United States