Arthur Reingold, MD
Professor of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Arthur Reingold focuses on the prevention and control of infectious diseases, including vaccine-preventable diseases and respiratory tract infections, such as influenza, in the U.S. and globally. He is a professor of epidemiology and head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining the faculty there in 1987, he worked for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control for eight years. He has directed the CDC-funded California Emerging Infections Program since its inception in 1994. Dr. Reingold has also served on diverse advisory committees, including the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and WHO’s SAGE committee, and as president of both the Society for Epidemiological Research and the American Epidemiological Society. Among other honors, he was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 2003. He earned his AB and MD at the University of Chicago.
Expertise: Epidemiology, public health, virology and infectious diseases, diagnostics, public policy