Henry J. Binder, M.D.

Henry J. Binder, M.D., professor of medicine (digestive diseases) and of cellular and molecular physiology, has received a $1.8 million grant from the Gates Foundation to study the use of oral rehydration solutions to improve diarrhea control worldwide. Diarrheal disease claims the lives of between 1.5 million and 2 million children every year. Oral rehydration solution (ORS) reduces mortality but is not widely used in developing communities for many reasons. The 18-month planning grant will be used to examine the supply and demand for a reformulated ORS intervention and to develop the framework for a four-year program to address the existing problems facing broader ORS utilization.