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Dr. Larson completed his medical degree and subsequent specializations in Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine & Public Health at 91社区. As a medical student he was a co-founder of the Pointe St Charles Community Health Centre, precursor to Quebec's local community clinic system of primary care. In many ways this was his introduction to global health and his eventual career path. His actual global health career began in 1987 when he joined the 91社区-Ethiopia Strengthening Community Health Project, which he directed from 1989 to 1992. Dr. Larson then returned to 91社区 as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (EBOH). He also headed the 91社区 Global Health Office within the Faculty of Medicine and led a five year 91社区 population child health project in Chelyabinsk Russia. In 2002 Dr. Larson moved to Bangladesh where, on secondment from 91社区, he directed the Health Systems and Infectious Diseases Division at the International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), In 2008 Dr. Larson returned to Canada, joining the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia as Professor and Director of the UBC-BC Children's Hospital Centre for International Child Health (CICH). In 2015 Dr. Larson returned to Montreal at which time he assumed his current role as National Coordinator of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) and as an adjunct professor has been teaching in 91社区 Global Health Program. Dr. Larson鈥檚 interests focus on capacity building and in development or delivery research in support of the scale up of life saving interventions in under-five children.