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Gerald V. Quinnan, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Quinnan received his medical degree from Saint Louis University, and completed training in internal medicine and adult infectious diseases at Boston University. He then moved to a postdoctoral research position at the National Institutes of Health in the Bureau of Biologics, beginning a career in the US Public Health Service. He remained in that organization for 16 years, advancing to the positions of Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the Food and Drug Administration. In this capacity he was promoted to the rank of Assistant Surgeon General in the PHS. In 1993 he moved to the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, USUHS, to the position of Professor of Preventive Medicine, Medicine, and Microbiology. He was subsequently appointed as Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Emerging Infectious Diseases. In 2002 he was appointed as Chair of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, in which position he continues to the present. He has served on the NIH Board of Scientific Directors, numerous NIH study sections, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, numerous ad hoc advisory committees for the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services, and as member of Scientific Advisory Boards of Biotechnology companies. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and numerous other professional societies. His curriculum vitae lists more than 150 publications, and he currently holds multiple research grants, including grants from NIH, the Department of the Army, and the pharmaceutical industry. The Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics incorporates research and teaching programs in Tropical Public Health, Aerospace Medicine, Health Services Administration, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health, International Health Studies, and Dental Public Health. The Department presents medical school curriculum to students in all four years. It also conducts residency programs in General Preventive Medicine and Environmental and Occupational Health, and a number of graduate degree programs. The graduate degree programs include Masters of Public Health, Masters of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Masters of Science in Public Health (with specialty tracks in Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics, and Medical Zoology), Doctor of Public Health, and doctoral degrees in Environmental and Occupational Health and Medical Zoology. The Department has a major role in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate Program. The Department research programs span diverse areas, including force health protection, population health, chemical and biological defense, emerging infectious diseases, and vaccine development. Overall, the Department educates a wide variety of uniformed physicians and allied health personnel, who fill diverse positions of public health responsibilities on graduation.