Judith N. Wasserheit

Background

Wasserheit, Judith N. was born in 1954 in New York City.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, Princeton University, 1974. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1978. Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1989.

Career

Co-director, co-developer Harborview Medical Center, University Washington, 1982-1984. Infectious disease physician International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, 1984-1986. Assistant chief Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinical Services Baltimore City Health Department, 1986-1989.

Chief Sexually Transmitted Disease Branch National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1989-1992. Director Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Disease Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, 1992—2001. Director Human Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine Trials Network, Seattle, 2001.

Professor allergy and infectious disease University Washington School Public Health, vice chair, professor global health. Affiliate investigator Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle. Ambassador Paul G. Rogers Society Global Health Research, since 2007.

Achievements

• Judith N. Wasserheit has been listed as a noteworthy social services administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Jeffrey Harris, 1981. One child.

Spouse:

Jeffrey Harris