Background
Broome, Claire Veronica was born on August 24, 1949 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Daughter of Kenneth R. and Heather C. (Platt) Broome. came to the United States, 1951.
Broome, Claire Veronica was born on August 24, 1949 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Daughter of Kenneth R. and Heather C. (Platt) Broome. came to the United States, 1951.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1970; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1975.
Deputy chief special pathogens branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1979-1980;
chief meningitis, special pathogens branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1981-1990;
associate director science, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1991-1994;
acting director, national center injury prevention and control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1992-1993;
deputy director, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, since 1994. Consultant vaccine development Agency for International Development, since 1988, World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, various universities. Member steering commission on encapsulated bacterial vaccines, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1989-1991, chairman, 1992-1996.
Member of advisory commission on vaccines Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1990-1994. Member science advisory group experts global program on vaccines and immunizations World Health Organisation, since 1996.
Fellow Infectious Diseases Society American (Bristol-Myers Squibb award 1993). Member American College of Physicians, Institute of Medicine, American Epidemiologic Society, American Society Microbiology, Common Cause, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married John F. Head, April 2, 1988. Children: Gabriel K., Steven G.