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Jeff Harris is a professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington and an investigator at the UW Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC). He served as chair of the department from 2015 to 2022 and was the director of HPRC from 2007 to 2015. He began his public health career as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the U.S. Public Health Service at the CDC, where he worked for 20 years. He co-investigated a 120,000-person cholera vaccine trial in Bangladesh and led the development of a 70-country AIDS prevention program. He has overseen the development of CDC’s Guide to Community Preventive Services and served as CDC’s policy director under Dr. David Satcher. Dr. Harris is an epidemiologist and physician, board-certified in internal medicine and preventive medicine. His research emphasizes scaling up prevention practices to enhance health equity and improve population health. His interests include community-based prevention of chronic diseases, COVID-19, and the implementation of evidence-based practices for healthy aging and workplace health promotion. Research methods utilized include epidemiology, implementation science, and systematic review.
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