James W. Curran, MD, MPH
Dean, Rollins School of Public Health
In 1995 James W. Curran was appointed professor of epidemiology and dean of the Rollins School of Public Health.
Graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he received his MD from the University of Michigan and a master of public health from Harvard University. In 1981 Dr. Curran coordinated the task force on acquired immune deficiency at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and then led the HIV/AIDS Division. While at the CDC, he attained the rank of the assistant surgeon general
Dr. Curran is a fellow of the American Epidemiologic Society, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Author or co-author of more than 240 scholarly publications, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 1993. He was given the Surgeon General's Medal of Excellence in 1996 and the John Snow Award from the American Public Health Association in 2003.
He is currently chair of the Board on Health Prevention and Disease Promotion of the Institute of Medicine and chair-elect of the Association of Schools of Public Health.
