James W Curran

Before becoming dean of Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health in 1995, James Curran spent 24 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reaching the rank of assistant surgeon general. In 1981 he was tapped to lead the investigation into the first five cases of a mysterious new disease now known as AIDS. The author of nearly 300 scientific publications, Curran led the CDC’s research and public health activities in response to the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic. Education: University of Notre Dame, Harvard University (MPH), University of Michigan (MD)