Outbreaks and Pandemics

The Life of a Disease Detective - A Memoir

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Pub Date 15 Dec 2022 | Archive Date 21 Jun 2023

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Outbreaks and Pandemics: The Life of a Disease Detective is the life story of Dr. Nicholas Daniels and how he overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to attain professional success.  Through his journey from poverty to the Ivy League to becoming an infectious disease epidemiologist, he chronicles an American dream come true as he followed his passion for finding ways to improve health on an individual and community level and to advocate for global public health.


This book profiles infectious diseases during outbreaks and pandemics. It highlights lessons learned and ways we can prepare now for the next pandemic.  His journey as a medical doctor, disease detective, and an international public health expert took him across the globe to tackle public health challenges and mysteries related to a variety of potentially deadly infectious diseases.  Based upon epidemic intelligence, Dr. Daniels tells stories of medical disease detectives and infectious pathogens and our constant struggle to survive them.


In Outbreaks and Pandemics: The Life of a Disease Detective, we learn about the life of a disease detective and explore the important role disease detectives play in controlling outbreaks and pandemics.

Outbreaks and Pandemics: The Life of a Disease Detective is the life story of Dr. Nicholas Daniels and how he overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to attain professional success. Through his...


A Note From the Publisher

Nicholas A. Daniels, MD, MPH, is a foodborne disease expert specializing in the prevention of foodborne diseases. Dr. Daniels has a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from Cornell University, a Master of Public Health from Yale University, and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Daniels completed his residency in the department of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and is board certified in internal medicine. He held a fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases and has served as a medical disease detective and consultant for the World Health Organization in Southeast Asia. He was a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and San Diego. He is currently a senior associate consultant and Associate Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Nicholas A. Daniels, MD, MPH, is a foodborne disease expert specializing in the prevention of foodborne diseases. Dr. Daniels has a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from Cornell University, a Master...


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ISBN 9781639886616
PRICE $20.99 (USD)
PAGES 268

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I found this book fascinating. The autobiographical aspect was wonderful as was the storytelling. I loved the anecdotes and I suspect that there are many, many more that Dr. Daniels could tell. Dr Daniels has led a fascinating life and I am glad that he decided to share. The book is information-dense and I learned a lot, but the book does not get bogged down in unnecessary information. I found some of the writing to be delightfully blunt but still not dogmatic. I also liked that Dr. Daniels had many suggestions for improvement of public health. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put the book down. Some of the information is a little technical, so although I think that the book is largely accessible to lay readers, people with some background will better appreciate it. Thank you to Netgalley and Atmosphere Press for the digital review copy.

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A fantastic insight into the world of all things to do with diseases and pandemics.

Daniels writing is fantastic and easy to follow - a very unique perspective that we don’t get to see as a regular everyday person. I would 100% read more of his work

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