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Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton
Pearl L Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health, Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health, Professor of Global Public Health, Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health and Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
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Dr. Boulton is the Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health and Director, Office of Global Public Health since Jan 2014 and he holds the first named collegiate professorship in global health at the School of Public Health. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Director of the newly established Global Institute for Vaccine Equity and Director of the NIH-funded Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program. He previously served as Associate Dean for Practice (2004-2010), founded the school's Office of Public Health Practice, and was Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency for 20 years. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, he spent 16 years in public health practice as a local health department Medical Director for four health departments and later as the governor's Chief Medical Executive and State Epidemiologist where he was lead physician/epidemiologist for the state health department. He served 5 years on the CDC's Board of Scientific Counselors for Infectious Diseases and has been on the CDC's MMWR Editorial Board since 2011. He currently holds an appointment as Scientific Advisor to the Tianjin Centers for Disease Control in China. His research interests are in global public, infectious disease epidemiology, childhood vaccinations and vaccine preventable diseases, preventive medicine, and the health workforce. He has been a recipient of the School of Public Health's Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Alumni of the Year Award, and the John H. Romani Award for contributions to public health leadership. Director, Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program