James W. Curran
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. He also holds adjunct appoints in Medicine, Nursing and the Graduate School.
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. He worked at the Centers for Disease Control where he headed the HIV/AIDS science and prevention efforts until 1995. 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 250 scholarly publications, he remains involved in HIV/AIDS research and policy and serves as Co-Director of Emory's Center for AIDS Research. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 1993 where he chairs the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, in 1999 he received the Lifetime Award in Health from the Atlanta Business Chronicle. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and serves on many local, national and international non-profit boards.