Muin Joseph Khoury is an American geneticist and epidemiologist who conducts research in the field of

public health genomics Public health genomics is the use of genomics information to benefit public health. This is visualized as more effective preventive care and disease treatments with better specificity, tailored to the genetic makeup of each patient. According to ...

. He is the founding director of the Office of Public Health Genomics at the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the National public health institutes, national public health agency of the United States. It is a Federal agencies of the United States, United States federal agency under the United S ...

since 1997. He has also been a senior advisor in public health genomics at the

National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...

since 2007.

Biography

Khoury received his B.S. degree in Biology/Chemistry from the

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB; ) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its main campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, autonomous board of trustees and offers programs le ...

in Lebanon. He received a Ph.D. in Human Genetics/

Genetic Epidemiology Genetic epidemiology is the study of the role of genetic factors in determining health and disease in families and in populations, and the interplay of such genetic factors with environmental factors. Genetic epidemiology seeks to derive a statist ...

and training in

Medical Genetics Medical genetics is the branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. Medical genetics differs from human genetics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to me ...

from

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

. Khoury is board certified in Medical Genetics. Khoury has developed various successful ongoing national and international initiatives to turn advances in genomics and precision health technologies into actions that improve health and prevent disease. He has over 500 scientific publications and has authored several textbooks on genetic epidemiology. He is an adjunct professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Health at

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

Rollins School of Public Health The Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) is the public health school of Emory University. Founded in 1990, Rollins has more than 1,100 students pursuing master's degrees ( MPH/MSPH) and over 150 students pursuing doctorate degrees (PhD). The ...

and an associate in the Department of Epidemiology at

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Johns Hopkins University, a private university, private research university primarily based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded as the Johns Hopkins ...

Bibliography

* ''Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology'' (1993) * ''Genetics and Public Health in the 21st Century'' (2000) * ''Human Genome Epidemiology Vol. I'' (2004) * ''Human Genome Epidemiology Vol. II'' (2010)

Awards

* Public Health Service Special Recognition Award in 1990 for his contributions in the areas of birth defects and genetic epidemiology * Arthur S. Flemming Award In 1994 for outstanding government service * Senior Biomedical Research Service award in 1998 for outstanding contributions to public health * CDC Research Honor Award in 2000 for outstanding national leadership in genetics and public health

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* Living people American geneticists American epidemiologists American public health doctors Year of birth missing (living people) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention people American University of Beirut alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni {{Geneticist-stub American people of Lebanese descent