325ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susan L Wilson is currently assistant professor of public
health at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City,
Tennessee, USA. Wilson has worked as an educator, advisor,
negotiator, business consultant, planner, and intermediary
since 1979. She began working in Egypt in 1987 while
serving as a health and human resources delegate to Egypt
from the Texas Senate where she was on staff. Since that time,
Wilson has continued to actively assist development between
Egyptian and American interests. She has written numerous
publications, led university-based training programmes
to Egypt, and conducted research in Egypt and the Gulf
States. In 1994, she created, organised and directed a new
international field school programme conducted in Egypt
for the University of North Texas, Institute of Anthropology.
Currently, she is exploring new ways to collaborate with Egypt
through student and professional exchanges in medicine,
nursing and public health.
Wilson was previously on the faculties at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, Texas), the
University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, Texas), the
University of North Texas (Denton, Texas), and the Ecole
Supérieure Libre Des Sciences Commerciales et Appliqués
(Mohandiseen, Cairo, Egypt).