Chris Beyrer is an American physician who is the Director of the Duke Global Health Institute. [1] He was previously a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. [2] He was president of the International AIDS Society from 2014 to 2016. [3]
Beyrer was born in Bern, Switzerland, the son of Charles Beyrer, an American medical student. [4] The family later moved to East Islip, New York, where Beyrer went to school. [4] In 1981 he graduated in history from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. [4] He spent time in Asia learning about Buddhism. [4]
He graduated in medicine from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 1988, and completed a Master of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins in 1991. [4] From 1992 to 1997 he was in Thailand, where he worked on AIDS prevention. [4] He returned to Johns Hopkins in 1997. [4]
At Johns Hopkins, Beyrer is a professor of epidemiology, of international health and of health, behavior and society. [2] He is director of the Hopkins Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program, [5] and of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, which he founded. [4] He is an investigator for the Center for AIDS Research and an associate director of the Center for Global Health. [4]
Beyrer was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2014. [6]
Chris Beyrer is an American physician who is the Director of the Duke Global Health Institute. [1] He was previously a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. [2] He was president of the International AIDS Society from 2014 to 2016. [3]
Beyrer was born in Bern, Switzerland, the son of Charles Beyrer, an American medical student. [4] The family later moved to East Islip, New York, where Beyrer went to school. [4] In 1981 he graduated in history from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. [4] He spent time in Asia learning about Buddhism. [4]
He graduated in medicine from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 1988, and completed a Master of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins in 1991. [4] From 1992 to 1997 he was in Thailand, where he worked on AIDS prevention. [4] He returned to Johns Hopkins in 1997. [4]
At Johns Hopkins, Beyrer is a professor of epidemiology, of international health and of health, behavior and society. [2] He is director of the Hopkins Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program, [5] and of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, which he founded. [4] He is an investigator for the Center for AIDS Research and an associate director of the Center for Global Health. [4]
Beyrer was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2014. [6]