Thomas Vincent Inglesby Jr. is an American epidemiologist. He is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Tom Inglesby
Academic background
EducationBA, 1988, Georgetown University
M.D., 1992, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Academic work
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins Center for Health Security
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Early life and education

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Inglesby earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University in 1988 and his medical degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1992. He then completed his residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[1]

Career

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Following his residency and fellowship, Inglesby became an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.[1] While serving in this role, he helped establish the first academic center devoted to biodefense alongside Tara O'Toole[2] and was a principal designer, author, and controller of the Operation Dark Winter[3] Later, he was also promoted from senior fellow to deputy-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies.[4] In 2003, he joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as an associate professor.[1] Upon joining Pitt Med, Inglesby and O'Toole helped launch and direct the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC.[5] In 2009, Inglesby replaced O'Toole as director and chief executive officer of the center.[6]

In 2020, Inglesby was recognized as being amongst the 50 most influential clinical executives by Modern Healthcare.[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Inglesby provided technical guidance to response efforts at the global, federal, state, and local level.[8] He served as a consultant for Larry Hogan, the Governor of Maryland[9] and sat on the COVID Collaborative’s National Advisory Council[10] and on the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice.[11]

Personal life

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Inglesby is married to Lynn and they have three children together.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Thomas V. Inglesby, MD". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Manko, Susan (September 17, 2003). "Nations Preeminent Biodefense Strategic Planning and Policy Group Joins UPMC". UPMC. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. ^ O'Toole, Tara; Michael, Mair; Inglesby, Thomas V. (April 1, 2002). "Shining Light on "Dark Winter"". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 34 (7): 972–983. doi:10.1086/339909. PMID 11880964. S2CID 3893189. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Henderson to Head U.S. Office of Public Health Preparedness". Johns Hopkins University. November 2, 2001. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Roos, Robert (September 23, 2003). "Johns Hopkins biodefense experts head in new direction". University of Minnesota. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  6. ^ Zellner, Wendy (November 30, 2009). "Thomas V. Inglesby Named Director of UPMC Center for Biosecurity". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "50 MOST INFLUENTIAL CLINICAL EXECUTIVES". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Tom Inglesby, MD". Center for Health Security. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  9. ^ Oxenden, McKenna; Oyefusi, Daniel (April 7, 2020). "Meet the eight people who are helping Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan make coronavirus decisions". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Tom Inglesby". COVID Collaborative. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  11. ^ @T_Inglesby (August 14, 2020). "Honored to be appointed to National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, run by @CouncilonCJ and chaired by @AGLynch & @argonzales. Commission is working to reduce impact of COVID in the criminal justice system" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ Brandolph, Adam (November 12, 2009). "Newsmaker: Dr. Thomas V. Inglesby". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved August 11, 2021.