Ruth Bonita works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with University of Auckland.
Ruth Bonita, also known as Ruth Bonita Beaglehole, is Emeritus Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, specializing in stroke. She previously served as director of surveillance of non-communicable diseases at the World Health Organization in Geneva and led the Auckland Regional Coronary or Stroke (ARCOS) study. Bonita completed a PhD at the University of Auckland in 1985 on the epidemiology and management of cerebrovascular disease.
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PhD
University of Auckland
1985
MPH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emeritus Professor
University of Auckland · 2004 - Present
Director of Surveillance of Non-Communicable Diseases
World Health Organization · 1999 - 2004
Faculty Member / Research Fellow
University of Auckland · 2004