Office of the Pro-Chancellor

Dr. Prem Misir

Pro-Chancellor

DR. PREM MISIR, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana holds the Ph.D. (University of Hull, England), M.Phil (University of Surrey, England), B.S.Sc. (Honors) (Queen's University of Belfast),); and Postdoctoral Public Health Program, Columbia University, New York.

He is the Pro-Chancellor since 2003. Dr. Misir represents Guyana in Education at the Organization of American States (OAS). He is the Advisor on Education and Training, Government of Guyana since 2004. Collaborative Researcher with the University of Bern, Switzerland on Rethinking the Millennium Development Goals: Stakeholders' Perceptions & Strategic Choices. He is also a Review Editor of Scientific Journals International; and a Reviewer of the Journal of African Studies and Development. Dr. Misir is also a Member of the Evaluation Team for Renewing Primary Health Care, PAHO/WHO.

Dr. Misir was Visiting Professor on Evaluation of Health Promotion and Education Programs at Anton de Kom University of Suriname; and with responsibility for Seminar on Graduate Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine in 2009. Dr. Misir was the Presidential Emissary for the South American Community of Nations (SACN), High level Strategic Group in 2006.

Misir was Clinical Associate Professor, New York University College of Dentistry; Faculty, Baruch College of the City University of New York; Assistant Professor; Associate Public Health Epidemiologist, Bureau of HIV Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Assistant Professor, St. John's University; Assistant Professor, College for Human Services (now Metropolitan College of New York); Research & Evaluation Coordinator – Graduate Medical Education, United Hospitals Medical Center/University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Assistant Professor and Primary Care Coordinator, Interfaith Medical center/State University of New York Health Sciences Center Brooklyn.

Dr. Misir has been the Principal Investigator on a number of public health research projects and has several publications on health and social issues in peer-reviewed journals. His current research interests include Primary Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Race & Ethnicity, Higher Education.

He is the author of the forthcoming book: Exclusion & Ethnicity. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press; Political-Mass Media - Racial Complex: A Collection Of Papers. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, A Division of the Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group (2008); Cultural Identity & Creolization In National Unity: The Multiethnic Caribbean. Lanham MD: University Press of America, A Division of the Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group (2006); Ethnic Cleavage And Closure In The Caribbean Diaspora: Essays On Race, Ethnicity, And Class. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press (2007; Leader Behavior And The Compliance Structure In Education: A Sociological Study Of Ideology And Social Change In Guyana. Medgar Evers College/CUNY, Caribbean Diaspora Press (2008); Workers' Participation In Management. (Second Edition), New Delhi, India: Reliance Publishing House (1995); Work Commitment In Education: An International Perspective. New Delhi, India: Reliance Publishing House (1995); The East Indian Diaspora. New York: Asian American Center, Queens College/CUNY (1993). Dr. Misir is married, with two children.