Dr. Kilmarx previously served as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Country Director in Zimbabwe, providing oversight for 30 CDC staff who managed implementation of the U.S. efforts to reduce HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General in the US Public Health Service.
Rachel Sturke, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.I.A., Deputy Director and Senior Scientist for the Fogarty Center for Global Health Studies, will step in as Acting Deputy Director for the Center. Dr. Sturke joined Fogarty in 2006 and oversees a portfolio of global projects that include a focus on building research capacity in implementation science in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and using innovative platforms to bring implementation science practitioners together with decision-makers and program implementers from LMICs. "We're very pleased that Dr. Rachel Sturke is taking on the role of Acting Deputy Director," said Dr. Kilmarx. "She is an exceptionally qualified global expert on implementation science and, having been with Fogarty since 2006, brings a wealth of institutional knowledge to the role."
