James W. Curran

Background

Curran, James W. was born on September 16, 1944 in Monroe, Michigan, United States. Married; two children.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Notre Dame, 1966; Doctor of Medicine, University of Michigan, 1970; Master in Public Health, Harvard University, 1974.

Career

Research instructor department preventive and community medicine, U. Tennessee Medical School, 1971-1973; career development training, Center Disease Control, United States Public Health Service, 1973-1975; assistant commissioner health medical service, Columbus (Ohio) City Health Department, 1975-1978; chief operating research branch Venereal Disease Control, Center Disease Control and Prevention, 1978-1982; director, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Activ, 1982-1984; chief Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome branch, Division Viral Diseases, Center Infectious Diseases, 1984-1985; director, World Health Organization Referal Center Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome & Retroviruses, 1985-1992; associate director human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Center Disease Control and Prevention, 1992-1995; dean Rollins School Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1995. L. Vernon Scott lecturer U. Oklahoma Health Science Center, 1985, Verna & Mars lecturer Baylor College Medicine, 1988, Oliver Cope lecturer Massachusetts General Hospital, 1988. Clinical research investigator Venereal Disease Branch, Center DiseaseControl, 1971-1973.

Medical director Influenza Immunication Program, FranklinCounty, 1976-1977. Clinical research investigator, coordinator Oper. Research Branch, Venereal Disease Control Division, Center Disease Control, 1975-1978.

Clinical assistant professor department preventive and community medicine, College Medicine, OhioState U., 1976-1979. John Forbes fellow infectious disease Fairfield Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1985. Visiting professor College Medicine, University of Illinois,1988.

Assistant surgeon general United States Public Health Service, 1991.

Achievements

• James W. Curran has been listed as a noteworthy Epidemiologist, educator, academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Infectious Disease Society American, American College Preventive Medicine, American Epidemiological Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Medicine-NAS, American Venereal Disease Association, Sigma Xi.