DR. PREM Misir was recently offered the appointment of Visiting Professor in Public Health and Primary Care at the Fiji National University (FNU) in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. On a visiting basis, his main responsibility includes management of the Public Health and Primary Care Programme and consulting in Public Health. 

Professor Prem Misir was also a Professor in Public Health at the University of Central Lancashire in England. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the Health Sector Development Unit (HSDU), Ministry of Health, Government of Guyana. He is the former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana. In addition, he is with the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Guyana, teaching Research Methodology and Biostatistics. He was also Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, and Anton de Kom University of Suriname. The University of the West Indies Press recently published his book “HIV and AIDS Knowledge and Stigma in Guyana”.
Professor Misir is the holder of a Ph.D (University of Hull, England); MPH (University of Manchester, England); M.Phil (University of Surrey, England); Postdoctoral programme in Public Health (Columbia University, New York); and B.S.Sc. (Honours) (Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom). The Royal Society for Public Health in England recently elected Professor Misir as a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH).