Gaston Djomand

Gaston Djomand, MD, MPH, currently serves as the Regional Associate Director for the West Africa Region at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a position held since February 2009, where responsibilities include overseeing the Strategy and Management Branch for several countries including Cameroon, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. Previous roles include Medical Officer in the Division of Global HIV/AIDS at the Center for Global Health and Medical Epidemiologist at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Gaston Djomand has also worked as a Clinical Trials Physician at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and served as an Epidemic Intelligence Officer for the Washington State Department of Health. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Medicine from Faculte de Medecine CI, an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley, and completion of the Epidemic Intelligence Service program through the CDC.