Alexander Rowe is a medical epidemiologist with the Malaria Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He has worked at CDC since 1994 in several areas: the chronic diseases center, an international child survival unit, and malaria. Key interests include improving health worker performance in developing countries (for all health conditions-not just malaria), strengthening health systems, monitoring and evaluation methods, and systematic reviews. Mr. Rowe is the author or co-author of more than 50 scientific publications. He received an MD from Cornell University and an MPH from Emory University.