UGANDA WELCOMES DR. JULIE R. HARRIS, THE NEW U.S CDC RESIDENT ADVISOR FOR PHFP
Highlights in Volume 4| Issue 4| Oct-Dec 2019
Allow us introduce her to you! We are excited to have her here and look forward to learning a lot from her.
Julie Harris, PhD, MPH, is the Resident Advisor for the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Before joining the team in Uganda, she worked at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, where she supported FETPs throughout East Africa.
She brings expertise in teaching and epidemiologic methods, as well as previous experience working on a wide variety of infectious disease outbreaks, program implementation, and policy. Before working with FETP, Dr. Harris was an epidemiologist with the Mycotic Diseases Branch and Parasitic Diseases Branch at CDC, and taught Field Epidemiology at Emory University.
Dr. Harris completed Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program with the Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Branch at CDC. She graduated with a degree in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, received her PhD in microbiology from Columbia University, and completed a Masters of Public Health in epidemiology and biostatistics at the John Hopkins School of Public Health.
Dr. Harris has published more than 50 scientific papers in the fields of epidemiology, virology, and mathematical modelling. She enjoys teaching and mentoring, as well as art and travel.
Isn’t she the coolest? Looking forward to an excellent time with you Dr. Harris. Welcome to Uganda and to the Public Health Fellowship Program.
