 Round
Table Discussion
Dr. Jim Curran
About Dr. Jim Curran
James W. Curran, MD, MPH
Dean and Professor of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health at Emory
Atlanta, Georgia
James W. Curran, MD, MPH, an internationally recognized authority
on AIDS prevention was named Dean of the Rollins School of Public
Health effective November l, l995. Dr. Curran was Assistant Surgeon
General in the U.S. Public Health Service and Director of the Division
of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) at the time of his appointment as Dean. He came
to the CDC in l970 after graduating from the University of Michigan
Medical School. Dr. Curran directed the CDC Task Force, which conducted
the initial investigations of AIDS and held various AIDS leadership
positions at CDC until joining Emory University. He received his
Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of
Public Health, where he was a resident in general preventive medicine
and a fellow at the Harvard Center for Community Health and Medical
Care. In 1993, Dr. Curran was elected to the Institute of Medicine
of the National Academy of Science, one of the numerous awards he
has received in medicine and public health. Dr. Curran was recently
selected as the 2003 winner of the John Snow Award from the Epidemiology
Section of the American Public Health Association. He is the author
of more than 250 scientific publications. He serves on numerous
boards and committees in research and education including Chair-Elect
of the Associations of Schools of Public Health (ASPH). Dr. Curran's
expertise in HIV/AIDS directly strengthens HIV-related projects.
He is the principal investigator for Emory's recently funded Center
for AIDS Research (CFAR) and is an enthusiastic supporter of the
MSCR/CRCA program.
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