Alan E. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H.
Alan E. Greenberg is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He is also Professor in the Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
- Phone: 202-994-0612
- Fax: 202-994-0082
- Email: aeg1@gwu.edu
Professor Greenberg, a graduate of GW's School of Medicine, returned to the University after a 23-year hiatus to become Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in August 2005. Deeply committed to cross-cutting partnerships that advance the public health, he is developing numerous interdisciplinary initiatives among research, academic and community-based institutions in Washington DC. Among recent activities, Dr. Greenberg is:
- Co-founder and Co-Director of the GW HIV/AIDS Institute, dedicated to linking and expanding the University's HIV-related research and educational activities in basic science, prevention, epidemiology, clinical care, education and health policy.
- Founder and Director of the newly chartered GW Center for HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Laboratory Research, committed to expanding HIV/AIDS research activities in these domains in Washington DC.
- Principal investigator of the "Academic-Public Health Partnership" between GW and the District of Columbia Department of Health. The partnership has focused on core HIV/AIDS and hepatitis surveillance activities, the CDC-funded National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, and monitoring and evaluation of DC's HIV testing campaign.
- Principal investigator of the GW-Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Partnership for Pediatric AIDS. Dr. Greenberg also serves as Senior Technical Advisor to the Foundation's President and CEO.
- Clinical Research Site Leader and Co-Investigator on two NIH-funded HIV Prevention Trials Network studies 061 and 064.
- Principal Investigator of GW activities in support of the Program for AIDS Progress, an NIH-sponsored initiative to contribute to combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington DC.
- Principal investigator of several World Health Organization-sponsored management and policy projects, including the development of a legal and policy framework to support "task-shifting" among health care workers to scale up HIV prevention, care and treatment services in the developing world.
- Principal investigator of GW's collaboration with the Association of Public Health Laboratories which conducts the International Institute for Public Health Laboratory Management.
Prior to joining SPHHS, Dr. Greenberg spent two decades at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he provided scientific leadership for its domestic and international HIV epidemiologic research program. He served as chief of the agency's HIV Epidemiology Branch, supervising research studies in 28 U.S. states and nine countries. His assignments have taken him around the globe, including Cote d'Ivoire, where he spent four years directing the CDC's research, traning and clinical services in West Africa.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, 1982 Masters in Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 1999
Teaching
Dr. Greenberg is co-director of the new GW Graduate Certificate in HIV/AIDS Studies; course director of "Organizational Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic" (to be offered spring 2008); and course co-director of the Skills Building Seminar, offered every fall and spring semester in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Research
Dr. Greenberg has published extensively on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV/AIDS in the United States and Africa. His coauthored manuscripts include the results of clinical trials to prevent mother-to-child and sexual HIV transmission using antiretroviral therapies; the causes and prevention of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected adults and children; HIV surveillance; HIV outbreak investigations; laboratory diagnostics; molecular epidemiology; and the relationships between sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria and HIV. Dr. Greenberg also serves on the editorial board as the journal AIDS. Please click here to download a list of Dr. Greenberg's selected publications.
Community Service
Professor Greenberg has received numerous awards, including being recognized as a "Public Health Hero" by Research America in 2008; the Outstanding Service Medal from the U.S. Public Health Service; and the Secretary's Award for Distinguished Services from the Department of Health and Human Services. A board-certified internist, Dr. Greenberg currently serves as a voluntary HIV/AIDS physician at the infectious diseases clinic of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Washington. He has chaired and participated in numerous NIH Review Panels and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Sabin Vaccine Institute.
Expertise
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious Disease
- Underserved Populations