Donald S. Burke Named GSPH Dean
Leading expert on prevention of HIV/AIDS, avian flu, and tropical diseases, also will direct Pitt’s Vaccine Research Center and develop and oversee its global health initiatives

By Lisa Rossi

An internationally renowned expert in prevention, diagnosis, and control of infectious diseases of global concern, including HIV/AIDS, avian flu, and emerging infectious diseases, has been named dean of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH).

Donald S. Burke

Donald S. Burke, recruited from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, also will direct the University’s new Center for Vaccine Research; serve as associate vice chancellor for global health, a newly created position within the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences; and become the first occupant of the UPMC-Jonas Salk Chair in Global Health. He begins his new duties July 1.

At the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Burke is professor of international health and epidemiology, associate chair for disease prevention and control in the Department of International Health, and director of the Center for Immunization Research.
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