**Meet the editor**

David M. Claborn is the Interim Director of the Master of Public Health Program at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. He completed his Doctor of Public Health degree in 2001 at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, where his dissertation dealt with the epidemiology and control of malaria near the demilitarized zone in South Korea. He

also has degrees in entomology and zoology from Texas Tech University. Dr. Claborn's interests for teaching and research are focused on human health issues associated with disrupted environments, especially as they are related to natural or technological disasters and war. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Claborn was a career military officer, retiring from the U.S. Navy's Medical Services Corps at the rank of Commander.
