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Duane J. Gubler, Sc.D.

Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
John A. Burns School of Medicine


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Bio

Education
1963 B.Sc. (Entomology, Zoology) Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1965 M.Sc. (Parasitology) University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
1969 Sc.D. (Pathobiology/Tropical Disease Ecology) Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Positions
1969 Instructor, Diagnostic Parasitology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
1969-1971 Principal Investigator, Medical Entomology Program, Johns Hopkins University Center for Medical Research and Training, Calcutta, India
1969-1970 Lecturer, Department of Pathobiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, CMRT, Calcutta, India
1970-1971 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
1971-1974 Assistant Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawai`i
1974-1978 Associate Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Hawaii School of Medicine (1976-78 LWOP)
1971-1975 Guest Researcher, Pacific Research Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Honolulu, Hawaii
1975-1978 Head, Virology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta Detachment, Jakarta, Indonesia
1978-1979 Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1980-1981 Research Microbiologist, Division of Vector-Borne Viral Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fort Collins, Colorado
1981-1989 Director, San Juan Laboratories, and Chief, Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Viral Diseases, NCID, CDC, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1982-1989 Professor Ad Honorum, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
1982-1989 Professor Ad Honorum, Department of Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1988-present Adjunct Professor, Departments of International Health and Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
1989-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1989-2004 Director, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
2004-present Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2007-present Director, Program on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Selected Honors
1988 Honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Southern Utah State University
1988 Charles Franklin Craig Lecturer, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
1990 Meritorious Service Award, Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Evanston IL
2000 International Service Above Self Award, Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Evanston IL
1984 U.S. Public Health Service Commendation Medal
1988 U.S. Public Health Service Outstanding Service Medal
1991 U.S. Public Health Service Meritorious Service Medals
1994 Medal in Recognition of International Leadership in the Control of Dengue/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Taiwan, ROC
1996 Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service (Plague Emergency Response Team)
2000 Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service (The Malaysia and Singapore Nipah Virus Epidemic Investigation)
2001 Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service (West Nile Virus Encephalitis Investigation)
1997 Outstanding Alumni Award for Science and Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore MD
1999-2000 President, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Fellow, American Association for the Advance of Science

Research Keywords: Dengue, flaviviruses, arboviruses, medical entomology, vector ecology, emerging infectious diseases


Selected Publications