RAND Expert Biography
Melinda Moore
Senior Natural Scientist
Expertise
Global health, military health, child health, public health preparedness, preventive medicine, health and foreign policy
Recent Work
Disease surveillance; pandemic influenza preparedness; disaster preparedness and response; military health; public health program evaluation
Previous Positions
Deputy Director for Operations, Office of Global Health Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services; Associate Director for Global Health, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC); Acting Associate Director for Global Health-CDC; member, Tulane University team that established the Zaire School of Public Health in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo); first chair of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation's Health Task Force
Education
M.D., Harvard Medical School; M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health
Publications of Interest
Infectious Disease and National Security: Strategic Information Needs, G. Cecchine and M. Moore, RAND Corporation, 2006
"Global Urbanization and Impact on Health," M. Moore et al., International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Vol. 206, Nos. 4-5, Aug 2003
"Global Health: A New Paradigm for a New Era," University of Illinois Public Health Leadership Institute Newsletter, Spring 2000
"The Role of HIV Counseling and Testing in the Developing World," M. Moore et al., AIDS Education and Prevention, 1997
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
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