Dr. Laurence Slutsker is Associate Director for Science, Center for Global Health. He also has an appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine,  Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Slutsker received his B.S. from the University of Michigan and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, he also holds a Masters in Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Slutsker completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is board certified in both internal medicine and preventive medicine.

In 1987, Dr. Slutsker joined the Malaria Branch at CDCas an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer. In  addition to 16 years experience with the Malaria Branch, Dr. Slutsker has also held staff positions in HIV/AIDS and diarrheal diseases, and has conducted epidemiologic research on a broad range of topics including causes of infant mortality in developing countries, HIV/AIDS, malaria, diarrheal diseases, and reproductive and general tropical public health. From 2001-2006, Dr. Slutsker was the Director of the CDC/KEMRI Research Station in western Kenya. In 2006 he returned to Atlanta to become Chief of the Malaria Branch at CDC. From May-July 2010 he was named Acting Principal Deputy of the new CDC Center for Global Health (CGH). In October 2010 he assumed his present position as Associate Director for Science in CGH. His current research interests include: prevention of malaria in infants and pregnant women, global HIV, malaria/HIV interactions, antimalarial drug resistance, infectious disease surveillance and response, evaluation of program impact, malaria elimination, and  vaccine evaluations.

Dr. Slutsker has conducted and supervised epidemiologic research in the United States, Africa, India, and Asia. He has lectured widely in the U.S. and abroad on his research and on general public health issues. He has authored or coauthored more than 170 scientific journal articles, book chapters, and other publications.