Background
Mayer, Kenneth Hugh was born on December 27, 1950 in New York City.
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Kenneth Hugh Mayer
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Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1972; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1977; postgraduate, New England Epidemiology Institute, 1991.
Career
Intern, junior and senior resident in internal medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1977-1980;
clinical fellow in infectious diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1980-1981;
research fellow in infectious diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1981-1983;
research fellow department microbiology and molecular genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1981-1983;
associate staff member, Norwood (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1980-1983;
staff physician, research director, Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, 1980;
attending physician, Beth Israel Hospital, 1981;
infectious disease specialist, staff physician, Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1983;
associate microbiologist, Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1983;
chief infectious disease division, Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1984. Clinical research associate department community medicine Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1974-1977. Adjunct assistant professor microbiology U. Rhode Island, Kingstown, 1988;adjunct assistant professor epidemiology U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1986-1989, adjunct associate professor, 1989.
Assistant professor medicine division biology and medicine School Medicine Brown U., Providence, 1983-1988, director Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Program, 1987, associate professor medicine and community health, 1989-1993, professor, since 1993. Lectr.continuing education Northeastern U., Boston, 1983. Laboratory instructor infectious disease pathophysiology Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1982, clinical instructor medicine, 1983.
Member Mayor's Ad Hoc Committee on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Boston, 1982-1986;consultant Rhode Island State Department of Health Advisory Group on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1983, Massachusetts Department Health, 1983, Health Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome executive task force National Institutes of Health, 1986. Board directors International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Prospective Epidemiology Network, 1985. Member transfusionmedicine curriculum review committee program in medicine Brown, 1985.
Member Human Immunodeficiency Virus program advising committee Rhode Island Department Health, 1989. Visiting scientist Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. Member science advising committee American Foundation for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, 1990, board directors.
Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member APHA, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Society for Microbiology, Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, American Venereal Disease Association, Infectious Disease Society American (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome committee 1993), Society.for Epidemiological Research, International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society, International Society for Infectious Diseases, International Academy of Sex Research, Society for Hospital Epidemiology, Immunocompromised Host Society, Society Hospital Epidemiologists American (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Tuberculosis committee 1993).
Awards
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Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1983, 87-, Rhode Island Foundation, 1983, 87-88, Schering Corporation, 1984, Squibb Pharmaceuticals, 1984, Miles Pharmaceuticals, 1985, 86, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1985, Centers for Disease Control, 1985, 91, Brown U., 1986, 91, Rhone-Poulenc Pharmaceuticals, 1986, Warner-Lambert Pharmaceuticals, 1987, 90, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1987, Genetic Systems, Inc., 1987-1988, Cambridge Bioscience Corporation, 1987-1988, Searle, Inc., 1988, Health Resources and Svc. Administration, 1988-1991, 96-98, Centers for Disease Control, 1988-1991, 96-, Abbott laboratories, 1989, Bristol-Myers Pharmaceutical, 1989, Integra Institute/National Institute of Mental Health, 1989, World Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation, 1990, American Foundation Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, 1990, 91, Glaxo Pharmaceutical, 1993, Upjohn Pharmaceutical, 1993, National Institute Allergyand Infectious Diseases, 1995, 96-97, Immune Response Corporation, 1996, National Institutions Drug Abuse, 1997-1998, Gilead Sciences, 1997-1998. Recipient Governor's Recognition award for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1986, Cmty. Recognition award Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Action Committee, Boston, 1990.Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1983, 87-, Rhode Island Foundation, 1983, 87-88, Schering Corporation, 1984, Squibb Pharmaceuticals, 1984, Miles Pharmaceuticals, 1985, 86, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1985, Centers for Disease Control, 1985, 91, Brown U., 1986, 91, Rhone-Poulenc Pharmaceuticals, 1986, Warner-Lambert Pharmaceuticals, 1987, 90, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1987, Genetic Systems, Inc., 1987-1988, Cambridge Bioscience Corporation, 1987-1988, Searle, Inc., 1988, Health Resources and Svc. Administration, 1988-1991, 96-98, Centers for Disease Control, 1988-1991, 96-, Abbott laboratories, 1989, Bristol-Myers Pharmaceutical, 1989, Integra Institute/National Institute of Mental Health, 1989, World Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation, 1990, American Foundation Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, 1990, 91, Glaxo Pharmaceutical, 1993, Upjohn Pharmaceutical, 1993, National Institute Allergyand Infectious Diseases, 1995, 96-97, Immune Response Corporation, 1996, National Institutions Drug Abuse, 1997-1998, Gilead Sciences, 1997-1998. Recipient Governor's Recognition award for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1986, Cmty.
Recognition award Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Action Committee, Boston, 1990.