James (Jim) Curran, MD, MPH
Dean of the Rollins School of Public Health — Emory University
Dr. James Curran has been Dean and Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University since 1995. He also serves as Director of the Emory Center for AIDS Research and holds joint appointments in the Emory School of Medicine and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
In 1971, Dr. Curran began his career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He served in leadership positions in CDC's HIV/AIDS research and prevention activities from 1981 through 1995 and reached the rank of Assistant Surgeon General in 1991. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 1993 and has authored over 240 publications.
Dr. Curran graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1966, received his doctorate of medicine from the University of Michigan in 1970 and a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1974.