Mark E. Rupp, M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist for UNMC/NHS, Elected Academic Counselor for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Mark Rupp, M.D., an infectious disease specialist for the University

of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System, has been elected

as the academic counselor for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of

America (SHEA). His two-year term on the SHEA board of directors begins

next January.

SHEA is comprised of approximately 1,500 members, representing 41 countries,

and is dedicated to fostering the development and application of the science

of Healthcare Epidemiology. Dr. Rupp currently serves on the editorial

board for the SHEA journal Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology

and the SHEA Annual Meeting Program Committee.

Last April, Dr. Rupp was the scientific program coordinator for the

SHEA annual meeting held in Toronto.