Task Force for Global Health/Emory University
Public Health Informatics Institute
325 Swanton Way
Decatur,
GA
USA
30030
Email:
ahinman@taskforce.org
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Hinman is a Senior Public Health Scientist at The Task Force for Global Health, a program affiliated with Emory University and The Carter Center. At the Task Force he works with the Public Health Informatics Institute, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded program seeking to advance public health practitioners’ ability to strategically apply and management information systems.
Dr. Hinman also works with the PARTNERS TB Control Program, a program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation addressing multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru and globally.
Since 1965 he has been involved in public health programs at state, national, and international levels, primarily working with CDC. At CDC he held positions including EIS Officer (1965-1967), Director of the Immunization Division (1977-1988), Director of the National Center for Prevention Services (1988-1995), and Senior Advisor to the Director (1995-1996).
He has worked for the State Health Departments of New York (1970-1975) and Tennessee (1975-1977).
He retired from the U.S. Public Health Service in July 1996, having attained the rank of Assistant Surgeon General.
Dr. Hinman is the author or co-author of more than 300 scientific publications.
He is an Adjunct Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University (Departments of Epidemiology and International Health), where he teaches courses in Vaccines & Immunization and Health & Human Rights. He is also Speaker of the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association.