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Dr. Jeffrey P. Koplan is the Vice President for Academic Health Affairs at Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center and the Executive Director of Emory University's Global Health Institute, an academic center for global health research, service and scholarship.
Dr. Koplan is also a co-founder and President of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), and leads its sub-secretariat at Emory University. IANPHI, a 50-country public health advocacy and peer-assistance group, works collaboratively to strengthen national public health institutes in low-resource countries and to create new ones. The group, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is based at the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland.
A former director (1998-2002) and 26-year veteran of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Koplan began his public health career in the early 1970's as a member of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. He has worked on virtually every major public health issue, including infectious diseases such as smallpox and HIV/AIDS, environmental issues such as the Bhopal chemical disaster, and the health toll of tobacco and chronic diseases around the globe. From 1994 to 1998, he pursued his interest in enhancing the interactions between clinical medicine and public health by leading the Prudential Center for Health Care Research, a nationally recognized health services research organization.
He has extensive international experience including long term assignment in Trinidad and Tobago, and extensive work experience in China, Bangladesh, India, Guatemala, Panama, Kenya, Uganda, Hungary and elsewhere. He has worked in collaborative relationships with Chinese health officials since his first visit to China in 1979, as leader of the US-PRC Public Health – Health Services Research Team. His work has included US-PRC bilateral projects, World Bank missions and World Health Organization consultations. He is an Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine and Honorary Advisor 001 of the Chinese CDC. He has just finished serving on the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health for the Caribbean, co-chaired a joint commission on childhood obesity in Mexico and the U.S., serves on the Research Advisory Evaluation for Academic Public Health in the United Kingdom, is a board member of the Nigerian Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Research, and serves on the Chronic Disease Advisory Council to the Government of Pakistan.
Dr. Koplan is a graduate of Yale College, the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians, a member of the U.S. Institute of Medicine's Governing Council and a member of its Global Advisory Board. He has served on many advisory groups and consultancies in the U.S. and overseas, and has had several international academic appointments. He has written more than 190 scientific papers. He is a trustee of Yale University, The Marcus Family Foundation, The Carlos Museum and Kid's Health of Georgia.
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