University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham,
AL
USA
39706
Email:
ehook@uab.edu
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Hook is also Director of UAB’s Center for Social Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs); and Medical Director of the STD Control Program for Jefferson County Department of Health. As an internist with subspecialty expertise in Infectious Diseases, much of Dr. Hook’s academic career has been focused on management and prevention of STDs. In this context he has directed public health STD control programs in two cities (Birmingham and Baltimore), clinical studies with operational and epidemiologic end points, clinical trials of new diagnostic tests and therapies for a wide variety of STD pathogens, and an internationally recognized reference laboratory for STD pathogens (Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis); and he has served as a consultant and committee member for several national and international organizations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Institute of Medicine (IOM), and World Health Organization (WHO). In addition to his STD-related academic activities, Dr. Hook regularly attends on the Internal Medicine Service at UAB, and chairs UAB’s curriculum committee for its Clinical Research Training Program. Dr. Hook attended Cornell University Medical College, completed a residency at the University of Washington, and received postgraduate training in Infectious Disease at the University of Washington.