RON DAGAN
RONDAGAN,ShortBioProfessorofPediatricsandInfectiousDiseasesattheBen-GurionUniversityoftheNegev,Beer-ShevaistheDirectorofthePediatricInfectiousDiseaseUnitattheDepartmentofPediatrics,SorokaUniversity,Beer-Sheva,Israel,apositionhehasheldsince1987.ProfessorDaganobtainedhisMDdegreein1974fromtheHadassahMedicalSchooloftheHebrewUniversity,Jerusalem,Israel.In1982,heembarkedona3-yearFellowshipinpediatricinfectiousdiseasesattheUniversityofRochester,Rochester,NY.Amemberofseveralnationalandinternationaladvisorycommitteesandmedicalandscientificassociations,heservedasPresidentoftheEuropeanSocietyforPaediatricInfectiousDiseases(ESPID)from2004to2006andasPresidentoftheWorldSocietyforPediatricInfectiousDiseases(WSPID)from2006through2009.Prof.DaganiscurrentlythechairoftheboardoftheInternationalSymposiaonPneumococcusandPneumococcalDiseases(ISPPD).ProfessorDaganservesontheeditorialboardofseveralpeer-reviewedjournals,includingPediatricInfectiousDiseaseJournal,Infection,HumanVaccines,JournalofInfectiousDiseas