Ronald St. John Dr. St. John has had a 35-year career in public health and infectious disease control in 2 countries, the U.S. and Canada, and in the World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas. He retired in 2007 and has continued to consult in infectious disease control. He has delivered many lectures, presentations, and speeches on topics such as emergency preparedness and response, epidemiology, sexually transmitted diseases, migration health, emerging infectious diseases, and HIV/AIDS in national and international forums. Prior to his retirement, Dr. St. John was the first Director General of the Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Public Health Agency of Canada. The Centre serves as the country’s single coordinating point for public health security in Canada. During his tenure, he was the national manager for Canada’s response to 9/11 and SARS. Previously, Dr. St John was Director of the Office of Special Health Initiatives at Health Canada with responsibilities for planning, programming, and policy review for quarantine and migration health, travel medicine, the Global Public Health Intelligence Network, and counterterrorism. Dr. St. John trained as a physician in the United States and has a specialty in public health in the United States and Canada. In the late 1960s, he was a Peace Corps physician in Bolivia and was responsible for all Peace Corps public health planning and programming for the Philippines. From 1989 to 1992, he was Deputy Director of the National AIDS Program Office in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was also Program Coordinator for the Health Situation and Trend Assessment program with the Pan American Health Organization, WHO Regional Office for the Americas. Until recently, Dr. St. John was also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. St. John graduated from Yale University in 1961 with a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry. In 1965, he obtained his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1973, he obtained his master’s degree in public health at Harvard University School of Public Health. Previous • Next Speaker Bio
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