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Edward Walker | University Distinguished Professor 2023

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Edward Walker has spent his career focused on insect born diseases and how to control their spread taking him around the globe fighting diseases like malaria. Walker strives to show his students the world beyond the classroom expanding Michigan State’s land grant mission to a world grant mission. Walker was named a Michigan State University Distinguished Professor in 2023.

Aired: 11/20/23
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