Dr. Helene D. Gayle joined CARE USA as president in 2006. Born and raised
in Buffalo, New York, she received her B.A. from Barnard College of
Columbia University, her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and
her M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University.
After completing her
residency in pediatric medicine at the Children's Hospital National
Medical Center in Washington, D.C., she entered the Epidemic
Intelligence Service, a training program in epidemiology at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, followed by a residency in
preventive medicine, and then remained at CDC as a staff
epidemiologist. At CDC, she studied problems of malnutrition in
children in the United States and abroad, evaluating and implementing
child survival programs in Africa and working on HIV/AIDS research,
programs and policy.
Dr. Gayle also served as the AIDS coordinator and
chief of the HIV/AIDS division for the U.S. Agency for International
Development; director for the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention, CDC; director of CDC's Washington office; and health
consultant to international agencies including the World Health
Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and UNAIDS.
Prior to her current
position with CARE, she was the director of the HIV, TB and reproductive health
program for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, responsible for
research, program and policies related to HIV/AIDS, sexually
transmitted diseases, reproductive health issues and tuberculosis.
Dr. Gayle has published numerous articles on public health, especially
related to HIV/AIDS, and has received many awards for her scientific
and public health contributions. She attained the rank of rear admiral
(assistant surgeon general) in the U.S. Public Health Service.
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