{"id":10488,"date":"2022-03-16T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/academics\/us\/?page_id=10488"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:53:02","slug":"william-muraskin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/us\/william-muraskin\/","title":{"rendered":"William Muraskin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/03\/muraskin.jpeg&#8221; 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He has had numerous grants from the Rockefeller Foundation over a 10 year period to study the politics of international health in regards to the development and delivery of vaccines for the children of the poorest countries. Dr. Muraskin has studied public-private partnerships in health, including ones created by the Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has also looked at the portions of the United Nations that have an interest in health: WHO, UNICEF and The World Bank. He is the author of <em>Crusade to Immunize the World\u2019s Children: the Origin of the Bill and Melinda Gates Children\u2019s Vaccine Program and the Birth of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization <\/em> (University of Southern California, Marshall School, Global BioBusiness book, 2005); <em>Vaccines for Developing Economies: WHO WILL PAY?<\/em> (Albert Sabin Vaccine Institute, New Canaan, CT, 2001); <em> The Politics of International Health: The Children\u2019s Vaccine Initiative and the Struggle to Develop Vaccines for the Third World <\/em>(Albany State University of New York, 1998), and <em> War Against Hepatitis B: the International Task Force on Hepatitis B Immunization <\/em>(University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995).<\/p>\n<p>Muraskin teaches the Department\u2019s courses Urban Epidemics: Tuberculosis to AIDS, Emerging Diseases and the Criminal Justice System.<\/p>\n<p>Muraskin is the Department\u2019s Graduate Admissions Advisor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#A9A9A9&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>To see a Youtube interview with Prof. Muraskin, author of the new book,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Polio and Its Discontents<\/span>, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bgUEKz7wqmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To read a recent blog post by Prof. Muraskin on the topic of polio eradication, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/345\/bmj.e8545.full?ijkey=Upty4VU5R8msmlf&amp;keytype=ref\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#A9A9A9&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/us\/faculty-staff\/&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Urban Studies Faculty &amp; Staff List&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; button_border_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; button_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; button_icon=&#8221;&#xf060;||fa||900&#8243; button_icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; button_on_hover=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; button_border_radius_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;text-decoration: none;&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; button_bg_color__hover=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; button_bg_enable_color__hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; button_text_color__hover=&#8221;#333333&#8243; button_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; button_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; button_border_radius__hover=&#8221;3px&#8221; button_border_color__hover=&#8221;#333333&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Muraskin Professor Emeritus Email: william.muraskin@qc.cuny.edu Academic Dr. Muraskin\u2019s main areas of expertise are international health policy, politics of international health, foundations, and international health, immunization, development of vaccines for the developing world and emerging diseases. 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