Iftikhar was in town to receive a Distinguished Young Law Alumni Award from Washington University. He received his Bachelors degree in 1999 and his Jurius Doctorate in 2003.
Since his days as a student in the classrooms of Washington University, Arsalan Iftikharhas made a career out of educating others on the myths and realities in the Muslim world.
Credit Gary Weil/Washington University School of Medicine
Technicians test blood for filariasis, a parasitic infection, in a field laboratory in the town of Madingou in the Republic of Congo. Their work is part of project led by Dr. Gary Weil of the Washington University Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease.
The event is the first to be organized by the university’s recently-created Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease. St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra spoke with the Center’s director Bill Powderly about its mission.