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Dr.
Snider is Associate Director for Science (ADS) at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  As
ADS, Dr. Snider oversees the Technology Transfer Office,
the National Vaccine Program Office, the Human Subjects
Protection Office, the CDC Data and Specimen Bank,
and a number of committees. He also serves as Executive
Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices and the Agency Research Integrity Officer.
Dr.
Snider joined the CDC in 1973. He has spent much of
his career investigating the epidemiology of tuberculosis
(TB) and other mycobacterial diseases. From 1976 until
1985, he was Chief, Research and Development Branch,
Division of Tuberculosis Control. In 1985, he became
Director of the Division of Tuberculosis Control. He
was the major force behind the development of a strategic
plan for the elimination of tuberculosis in the United
States. During his tenure, he revised the national
TB surveillance system, demonstrated that increases
in tuberculosis were occurring among HIV-infected individuals
and the foreign-born and investigated multidrug resistant
tuberculosis outbreaks.
Dr.
Snider is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians,
the American College of Epidemiology, the American
College of Preventive Medicine, and the Infectious
Disease Society of America and a member of many other
professional societies. He is board-certified in internal
medicine, allergy and clinical immunology, and preventive
medicine. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Emory University
Rollins School of Public Health and a Clinical Associate
in Infectious Disease at Emory University School of
Medicine. Dr. Snider is the author or co-author of
more than 160 articles published in scientific journals.
He has received numerous awards from the U.S. Public
Health Service and other organizations.
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