Background
Desmond Kimo was born on August 27, 1950, in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Raymond Albert and Patricia Alona (Collins) Runyan.
Desmond Kimo was born on August 27, 1950, in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Raymond Albert and Patricia Alona (Collins) Runyan.
Bachelor, Macalester College, 1972. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1976. Doctor of Public Health, University North Carolina, 1983.
Assistant to associate professor to full professor of social medicine and pediatrics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981-1911;director preventive medicine residency, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1989-1998;professor social medicine and pediatrics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995-2011; department chairman social medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1999-2007. National program director Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program 2007-2017. Jack and Viki Thompson Professor of Pediatrics and Executive Director of the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect 2011-. Member faculty International Clinical Epidemiology Network, since 1987. Member Executive Committee National Advisory Council Family Violence, Chicago, since 1994. Medical director North Carolina Child Medical Evaluation Program, Chapel Hill, 1986-1998, and for Center for Child and Family Health-North Carolina, Durham, 1996-2011.
Fellow American College Preventive Medicine. Member International Society Prevention Child Abuse and Neglect, Member Ambulatory Pediatrics Association member Ray E. Helfer Society.
Married Carol Sue Wolf, December 23, 1972. Children: Alexander, Michael.