Position:
Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Work:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
since Apr 2010
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Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
May 2008 - Mar 2010
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Chief, Epidemiology, Surveillance & Response Branch
US Pacific Command, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005 - 2007
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Public Health Director
United States Pacific Command
2004 - 2007
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Public Health Director
Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit, Pearl Harbor
Oct 2001 - Aug 2004
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Senior Epidemiologist and Preventive Medicine Physician
US Atlantic Surface [Navy] Forces
Sep 1998 - Aug 2001
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Medical Director and Force Surgeon
USS White Plains
1982 - 1984
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Ship's Surgeon
Education:
Tulane School of Public Health 1989 - 1991
MPH & TM, Epidemiology, Tropical Medicine
Uniformed Services University 1977 - 1981
MD, Medicine
Brooklyn Tech
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Skills:
Extensive experience working on disease surveillance, complex humanitarian emergencies, international public health and medical diplomacy programs, chemical, biological, radiological and environmental threats, pandemic preparations and risk communications, Management and leadership of programs and personnel during peacetime, in terrorism-affected communities, and in wartime environments
Interests:
Public policy, media, the interactions between health, poverty, and development.
Honor & Awards:
Varied military decorations including the Defense Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and Iraq deployment ribbon., Albert Gihon medal from the Society of Navy Preventive Medicine Officers.