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J. Glenn Morris, Jr., MD Dr.
Morris is Director of the newly established Emerging Pathogens
Institute (EPI) at the University of Florida, Gainesville. From
2000-2007 he served as Chairman of the Department of
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of
Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (UMB), and from 2005-2007
was interim dean of the UMB School of Public Health.
Dr. Morris received his MD degree and a
master’s degree in public health and tropical medicine from
Tulane University, New Orleans. He served as an Epidemic
Intelligence Service Officer in the Division of Enteric Diseases
at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta from 1979-81. He
is board-certified in both internal medicine and infectious
diseases.
Dr. Morris has authored over 60 textbook
chapters and symposium proceedings and over 180 articles in
peer-reviewed journals. He has had continuous federal grant
funding since 1984; his scholarly contributions were recognized
by election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
in 1996. He has served on four National Academy of Sciences
expert committees dealing with food safety, and currently serves
on the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board.
Dr. Morris maintains an active research
program in the area of emerging pathogens and enteric diseases,
including ongoing work in India and Bangladesh. He also has
extensive experience in work with antimicrobial resistance,
including major papers on risk factors for infection with
resistant microorganisms and on therapeutic approaches to
control of such infections. His work at the University of
Florida will continue to focus on antibiotic resistance and
resistance mechanisms.
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