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Michael Wayne Ryan (August 3, 1948 – May 24, 2015) was an American convicted murderer, Christian Identity cult leader, and white supremacist.
The Hungerford massacre was a spree shooting in Wiltshire and Berkshire, United Kingdom, which occurred on 19 August 1987 when 27-year-old Michael Ryan shot and killed sixteen people, including an unarmed police officer and his own mother, before killing himself. No firm motive for the killings has ever been established.
Michael Ryan is the Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme, leading the response to disease outbreaks, humanitarian crises and other public health emergencies. He has worked in conflict-affected countries for nearly 25 years and has led WHO’s operational responses to high impact events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the SARS epidemic.
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Mike Ryan is from the townland of Curry, near Tubbercurry, in County Sligo, Ireland. He grew up in the town of Charlestown in County Mayo.His father worked as a merchant sailor. Ryan trained in medicine at the National University of Ireland in Galway. He received training in orthopaedics in Scotland. Ryan has a Masters of Public Health (1992) from ...
Early career
In July 1990, Ryan moved to Iraq with his girlfriend, later his wife, to train Iraqi doctors. Very shortly after his arrival the Invasion of Kuwait happened, which suspended his work and meant he and his wife were made to work as doctors under captivity, often working under duress. A military convoy ran a vehicle Ryan was in off the road, crushing multiple vertebrae.Eventually Ryan and his wife were allowed to leave Iraq due to their injuries. Ryan's severe back injury prohibited him from wor...
Career at WHO
In 1996, Ryan joined the World Health Organization to work in a newly opened unit that focused on epidemics and infectious diseases under the direction of the infectious disease expert, David L. Heymann. He developed measles outbreak response guidelines as part of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) team who implemented surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis, which is how polio is eradicated. From 2000 to 2003, Ryan was coordinator of Epidemic Response at the WHO. In 2001, he was b...
Informal Advisory Group on the Ebola Virus Disease Response, MemberWHO Health Emergencies Programmes, Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee (2016–2017)On 5 January 2022, Ryan received an award from Irish President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráinin recognition of his "enormous service to global public health over the course of a number of decades."
In 1988, Ryan met his wife, Máire Connolly, in medical school in Galway. They were married in 1997. Connolly is also a doctor and author who has specialized in infectious disease by training and also worked at the World Health Organization. She is a professor of health security and infectious disease at National University of Ireland Galway.They ha...
Grein, Thomas (April 2000). "Rumors of Disease in the Global Village: Outbreak Verification". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 6 (2): 97–102. doi:10.3201/EID0602.000201. PMC 2640857. PMID 10756142. Wi...McNabb, Scott JN; Chungong, Stella; Ryan, Mike; Wuhib, Tadesse; Nsubuga, Peter; Alemu, Wondi; Carande-Kulis, Vilma; Rodier, Guenael (2002-01-29). "Conceptual framework of public health surveillance...Woods, Christopher W. (February 2002). "An Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Northeastern Kenya, 1997–98". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8 (2): 138–144. doi:10.3201/EID0802.010023. PMC 2732454. PMID...Roth, C. E. (2003-02-22). "WHO advocates investment in global infrastructure for outbreaks such as smallpox". BMJ. 326 (7386): 447. doi:10.1136/BMJ.326.7386.447. PMC 1125323. PMID 12595391. Wikidata()Feb 24, 2019 · Michael Wayne Ryan was a cult leader who claimed to speak to Yahweh and ordered his followers to commit atrocities in Nebraska. Learn how he manipulated, abused and killed his victims, and how he was finally arrested and convicted.
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Feb 19, 2022 · Interview with Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme at the Munich Security Conference 2022. Subscribe:...
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May 19, 2022 · Michael Ryan was a quiet loner when he was a kid, so he began pretending to be a military trained survivalist as an adult. When that didn’t bring him the res...
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