Georgetown University announced Monday that former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci will join its faculty in July as a professor in its infectious diseases division, his first role since leaving a decades-long career in government late last year.
“Starting July 1, Fauci will serve as a Distinguished University Professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, an academic division that provides clinical care, conducts research and trains future physicians in infectious diseases,” Georgetown said in an announcement.
The longtime government scientist will also have a position in Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
“I am delighted to join the Georgetown family, an institution steeped in clinical and academic excellence with an emphasis on the Jesuit tradition of public service,” Fauci said in the school’s announcement.
“This is a natural extension of my scientific, clinical and public health career, which was initially grounded from my high school and college days where I was exposed to intellectual rigor, integrity and service-mindedness of Jesuit institutions,” he added.
Fauci, 82, stepped down from government work at the end of 2022 after more than 50 years in public service and becoming one of the leading voices on infectious diseases in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. He first joined the National Institute of Health (NIH) in 1968 and advised every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan.
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NEW: Georgetown University announced that former chief White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci will be joining its faculty beginning in July as a professor in its infectious diseases division.
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