Spokesperson Portfolio - John T. Brooks, MD

Medical Epidemiologist, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.

Video: Managing Fear

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Managing Fear

“To understand an epidemic, you often need the 35,000-foot view, looking for trends and patterns.” says Dr. John Brooks. “But you also need to find out what’s going on at ground level, what’s happening to the people at risk of, and being affected by, the condition you’re trying to prevent.” This is how Brooks approaches his work to improve prevention and treatment for HIV-affected people, and how he approached his role in helping the public understand the science behind how to prevent Ebola transmission during the 2014 Ebola response.

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Contact
CDC Public Affairs
404.639.3286
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Biography
John T. Brooks, MD [407 KB]

Expertise

HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
Ebola prevention and treatment
Infectious diseases

Current Position

Medical Epidemiologist, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention

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Spokesperson Resources

Past Positions

Team Leader, CDC Hurricane Katrina Response Unit
Team Leader, CDC SARS Response Unit
Team Leader, CDC Anthrax Response Unit
Medical Epidemiologist, Foodborne and Diarrheal Disease Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, 1998-2000

Education

Wesleyan University (BA with honors) in Earth Science and German
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Fellow, Institute for Sediment Research)
Harvard Medical School (MD)
Internal Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Harvard Joint Program
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine

Honors and Awards

Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Secretary of Health and Human Services Awards for Distinguished Service
Outstanding Unit Citations while a member of the U.S. Commissioned Corps
Crisis Response Awards while a member of the U.S. Commissioned Corps

October 27, 2014 – Ebola Teams Train To Respond To New U.S. Cases At A Moment's Notice
October 20, 2014 – Inside the CDC: Exclusive look at what’s being done to fight Ebola
October 16, 2014 – CDC director’s challenge: Deadly Ebola virus and outbreak of criticism
August 9, 2014 – Why HIV Patients Must Stop Smoking

Joyce MP, Kuhar D, Brooks JT, “Notes from the Field: Occupationally Acquired HIV Infection Among Health Care Workers – United States, 1985-2013.”, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 63(53):1245-6, 2014
Brooks JT, Buchacz K, Gebo K, and Mermin J, “Aging and HIV Infection: The Public Health Perspective”, American Journal of Public Health, 102(8): 1516-1526, 2012.
Thigpen MC, Kebaabetswe PM, Paxton LA, Smith DK, Segolodi TM, Soud FA, Henderson FL, Pathak SR, Rose CE, Chillag KL, Mutanhaurwa R, Chirwa LI, Kasonde M, Abebe D, Buliva E, Gvetadze RJ, Johnson S, Sukalac T, Thomas VT, Hart C, Johnson JA, Malotte CK, Hendrix CW, and Brooks JT for the TDF2 Study Group, “Safety and Efficacy of Daily Oral Antiretroviral Use for the Prevention of HIV Infection in Heterosexually Active Young Adults in Botswana: the TDF2 Study”, New England Journal of Medicine, 367:423-434, 2012.
Althoff KN, Buchacz K, Hall I, Zhang J, Hanna DB, Rebeiro P, Gange SJ, Moore RD, Kitahata MM, Gebo KA, Martin J, Justice AC, Horberg M, Hogg RS, Sterling TR, Cescon A, Klein MB, Thorne J, Crane H, Mugavero1 MJ, Napravnik S, Rodriguez B, Kirk GD, Anastos K, Jacobson LP, and Brooks JT for The North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design, “Trends in antiretroviral therapy use, HIV RNA plasma viral loads and CD4 T-lymphocyte counts among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons in care in the United States, 2000-2008”, Annals of Internal Medicine, 157(5):325-335, 2012.
Brooks JT, “The importance of a complete sexual history for HIV-infected adults: reducing risk and improving health”, Clinical Issues in HIV Medicine; v-vi, 2009. Available at: https://www.hivma.org/uploadedFiles/HIVMA/Publications/Annual_Compendia_of_CID_Articles_on_HIV/2009/PDFs/v.pdf
Brooks JT, Kaplan JE, Holmes KK, Benson C, Pau A, Masur H, “HIV-associated opportunistic infections: going, going but not gone. The continued need for prevention and treatment guidelines”, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 48(5):609-11, 2009.
Brooks JT, Sowers EG, Wells JG, Greene KD, Griffin PM, Hoekstra RM, Strockbine NA, “Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in the United States, 1983-2002”, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 192(8): 1422-9, 2005.