Dean, College of Public Health
Richard Holland Presidential Chair

Professor, Department of Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Professional Summary 

• 2024 - present, Richard Holland Presidential Chair, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health
• 2014 - present, Dean and Tenured Professor of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health
• 2010 - 2014, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• 2009 – 2010, Director (acting), National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, CDC, DHHS
• 2006 – 2010, Deputy Director, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, CDC, DHHS
• 2005-2006, Malaria Branch Chief (acting), Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
• 2001- 2005, Associate Director for Science, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
• 1999-2000, Deputy Director & Chief, Epidemiology and Response Branch Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
• 1994-99, Chief, Epidemiology Unit, Disease Assessment Section, Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases
• 1991-1993, Medical Epidemiologist & Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Office of the Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC

Education

• 2000, Emory University School of Public Health Division of Biostatistics, Atlanta, GA  
• 1991, University of Michigan Medical Center, Combined Residency Program in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 
• 1987, Medical School: State University of New York, Health Science at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 
• 1983, City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York 

Professional Interests 

• Emerging infectious diseases
• Bioterrorism
• Global health security and One health 

Selected Publications

• Khan AS. (2016) The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind’s Gravest Dangers. New York, New York: Public Affairs.
• Khan AS, Smith CV. Rift Valley fever: still an emerging infection after 3500 years. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Nov;4(11):e773-e774.
• Khan AS, Lurie N. Health security in 2014: building on preparedness knowledge for emerging health threats. The Lancet 2014;384 (9937): 93-95.
• Posid JM. Goodman RA, Khan AS. Classifying infectious disease outbreaks to improve timeliness and efficiency of response. Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness 2014;8:89-94.
• Lurie N, Khan AS. Ensuring the health security of America's children.  J Pediatr 2013;163(1):274-6.
• Lumpkin JR, Miller YK, Inglesby T, Links JM, Schwartz AT, Slemp CC, Burhans RL, Blumenstock J, Khan AS. The Importance of Establishing a National Health Security Preparedness Index. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 2013;11(1):1-7.
• Abubakar I, Gautret P, Brunette GW, Blumberg L, Johnson D, Poumerol G, Memish ZA, Barbeschi M,
• Khan AS. Global Perspectives on Preventing Infectious Diseases associated with Mass Gatherings. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2012;12:66-74.
• Mills JN, Gage KL, Khan AS. Potential Influence of Climate Change on Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases: A Review and Proposed Research Plan. Environ Health Perspect 2010;118:1507-1514.
• Khan AS, Fleischauer A, Casani J, Groseclose SL. The next public health revolution: public health information fusion and social networks. Am J Public Health 2010; 100(7):1237-42.
• Montgomery JM, Ksiazek TG, Khan AS. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: the sound of a mouse roaring. J Infect Dis 2007;95(11):1553-5.
• McKee KT Jr, Khan AS. Hemorrhagic fever viruses belonging to the families arenaviridae, filoviridae, and bunyaviridae. In: Gorbach S, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR, eds. Infectious Diseases 3rd ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA; 2004.
• Furchgott RF, Khan MT, Jothiaden D, Khan AS. Evidence that the Endothelium Derived Relaxing Factor of rabbit aorta is nitric oxide. In: Vascular Neuroeffector Mechanisms, Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium, Ed. Beran et. al., ICSU Press, Paris, 1988.