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Kilmarx is a very active writer. He is listed as as author or co-author of [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Peter+Kilmarx 121 articles] by the PubMed service of the National Library of Medicine. Some are very pro-circumcision. | Kilmarx is a very active writer. He is listed as as author or co-author of [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Peter+Kilmarx 121 articles] by the PubMed service of the National Library of Medicine. Some are very pro-circumcision. | ||
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Peter H. Kilmarx, M.D.[a 1], is an epidemiologist with the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Kilmarx is an expert on infectious disease research and HIV/AIDS prevention who previously served as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Country Director in Zimbabwe, providing oversight for 30 CDC staff who managed implementation of the U.S. efforts to reduce HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. He is now deputy director of the Fogarty International Center.[1]
Education
- Dartmouth College: BA[a 2]
- Brown University:M.D.[a 1]
- Johns Hopkins: Public Health[2]
Adult life
Kilmarx joined the Peace Corp and served in Africa. He joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1995,[2] where he served as Chief, Epidemiology Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. Kilmarx is substantially responsible for the encouragement of non-therapeutic circumcision at the CDC.[3] There is substantial evidence that Kilmarx holds a high degree of bias in favor of circumcision.
Publications
Kilmarx is a very active writer. He is listed as as author or co-author of 121 articles by the PubMed service of the National Library of Medicine. Some are very pro-circumcision.
Smith, Dawn K., Smith, Allan, Kilmarx, Peter H., et al. Male circumcision in the United States for the prevention of HIV infection and other adverse health outcomes: report from a CDC consultation. Public Health Rep. January 2010; 125 Suppl 1(Suppl 1): 72-82. PMID. PMC. DOI.
Abbreviations
- ↑ a b
Doctor of Medicine
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the abbreviation MD is common. - ↑
Bachelor of Arts
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021. (BA or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus.)
References
- ↑ (15 February 2022).
Peter Kilmarx, M.D., Deputy Director, Fogarty International Center
, National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 12 September 2022. - ↑ a b Grauer NA (2017).
Admiral of Public Health
, Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 12 September 2022. - ↑ Kilmarx, Peter (31 August 2018).
Circumcision is a fraud
, Twitter. Retrieved 14 September 2022.