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The
Sexually Transmitted Disease Epidemic: A Threat to the Nation's Public
Health
Dr. Thomas Quinn
Head, International
HIV/AIDS and STDs Section
Laboratory of Immunoregulation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Tuesday,
Oct. 2, 2001 • 7 pm
Masur
Auditorium • NIH Clinical Center
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Dr. Thomas Quinn has more than 2 decades of research experience on parasitic
and sexually transmitted diseases. Since 1985, he has held the position of Senior
Investigator, and, since 1990, Head of the Section of International HIV/AIDS
and STDs in the Laboratory of Immunoregulation of the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Since 1991, Dr. Quinn has also served as Professor
of Medicine, of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and of International
Health at Johns Hopkins University. hospital.
Dr. Quinn earned a B.S. degree
in biology and an M.S. in parasitology from University of Notre Dame in Indiana,
and a medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Quinn's postgraduate
training included an internship and residency at Albany Medical Center Hospital,
Albany, New York, a research associate position in the Laboratory of Parasitic
Diseases at NIH, and a senior fellowship in infectious diseases at University
of Washington, Seattle.
Board-certified in both internal
medicine and infectious diseases, Dr. Quinn is also a commissioned officer in
the U.S. Public Health Service. He held several other research and professional
positions at U.S.P.H.S. hospitals, as well as at NIH and Johns Hopkins, before
his current appointments.
Among his many awards and
honors are the 1987 State of Maryland Annual Distinguished Physician Lectureship;
1994 Charles C. Shepard Science Award for Outstanding Scientific Publication;
1994 National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Special Recognition Award; and 2000 U.S.P.H.S. Distinguished Service
Award. Dr. Quinn has also served as an editor, manuscript consultant, and editorial
board and committee member for a wide range of medical subjects and has undertaken
U.S.PH.S. international assignments, particularly on HIV/AIDS and other infectious
diseases, worldwide.
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