NBC News Analyst Joins Institute of Human Virology Board of Advisors
March 6, 2006
(BALTIMORE, MD) – The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) recently named
public health expert Dr. Sue Bailey as its newest board member. A news analyst
for NBC since 2001, Dr. Bailey has been at the forefront of challenges faced
by the United States including national security, environmental safety and public
health issues.
Dr. Bailey, a resident of Bethesda, Md., served from 1998-2000 as assistant
secretary of defense for health affairs, where she headed the $17 billion military
medical system coordinating the care for 8 million beneficiaries. She was responsible
for health protection of American military forces from combat causalities, disease,
environmental hazards, and biochemical warfare.
Dr. Robert Gallo, founder and director of IHV and co-discoverer of HIV as the
cause of AIDS said, "Dr. Bailey brings a vast wealth of experience and
knowledge of health issues, both of which are invaluable assets to the Institute."
Dr. Bailey is a board certified physician whose clinical and academic background
includes a faculty position at Georgetown University Medical School. She has
served on several professional boards, including the Board of Governors for
the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Dr. Bailey holds degrees from the University of Maryland and the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her internship and residency
at George Washington University and completed a medical post-graduate fellowship
at Johns Hopkins University.
Her addition to the IHV Board of Advisors comes shortly after that of Coach
Lenny Wilkens, NBA Hall of Fame player and
coach; Dr. Chris Tan, former director of the Institute
of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore; and Franco
Nuschese, president of Georgetown Entertainment Group, LLC. Kathleen Kennedy
Townsend, former lieutenant governor of Maryland, chairs IHV's Board.
IHV is a center of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI)
and affiliated with the University
of Maryland School of Medicine.
Related Information on IHV.org
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