Eric LaMont Gregory MSc Oxon
Biography
Eric LaMont Gregory is a native of Middletown, Ohio, and was born into a family dedicated to educational achievement as well as civic responsibility.
Eric LaMont Gregory was born the same year that President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981 integrating the Armed Forces of the United States – the birth of the American meritocracy. 1948 was also the year Ralph Bunche worked to foster peace in the Middle East for which he received the Noble Peace Prize. This inspired Eric to spend some three years in Israel while still in his teens. And, from that initial entrée into the role of the United States in world affairs he has had a distinguished international career.
In the 1980’s Eric served as a consultant to the Maternal and Newborn Care Unit of the World Health Organisation (WHO). From there he went on to the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, Green College, Oxford University, where he received his Masters degree in 1988. He served as a clinical physiologist in the care of critically ill preterm babies in the Department of Paediatrics at the world famous John Radcliffe Hospital. Eric collaborated in research with other European hospitals and universities in Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany and Turkey.
He was one of the lead researchers in a global effort by the WHO to reduce neonatal mortality in the developing world, and this work involved him in studies in the Far East, Central and South Asia, Africa, Europe and throughout the Americas.
Eric LaMont Gregory is credited with unraveling one of the mysteries of blood flow in subcutaneous fatty tissue during his time at the Department of Dermatology, The Slade and Churchill Hospitals, Oxford University, where he worked under the tutelage of Professor Terence J Ryan.
Eric worked for the National Health Service of England and brings a wealth of experience concerning the intricacies of a universal health care delivery system. He served as an expert in the field of the health effects of air-borne pollutants and
solid fuel use for the United Nations Environment Programme.
Eric LaMont Gregory has been the subject of numerous documentaries concerning his research work at Oxford University as well as his work in both medicine and post-war and post-disaster reconstruction initiatives. The BBC documented his efforts in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide crisis. Eric was involved in the delivery of humanitarian assistance during the Bosnia War. In 2002 he went on mission to Afghanistan in the early days of that conflict which included discussions in the Presidential Palace while working in association with the American Embassy in London.
Eric LaMont Gregory is the author of a soon to be released book ‘An End to War’ which concerns strategies to end a host of current conflicts as well as the post-war and post-disaster role of the military as a way of addressing the dual dilemmas of post-conflict reconstruction and establishing stability.
Eric LaMont Gregory is a candidate for the US Senate and has chosen as the theme of his campaign – fairness, consensus and commitment.