Recognizing Black Public Health Leaders Through History | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sir George Alleyne Sir George Alleyne is director emeritus of the Pan American Health Organization, which he led from 1995 to 2003, part of a long career committed to international health and health equity. A native of Barbados, he also served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region from 2003 to 2010, working with policymakers, politicians, and communities to reduce HIV transmission and increase access to tools for prevention and treatment. “In addition to his leadership and long-standing commitment to improve the health and well-being of those in the region, he has made notable contributions as a visiting faculty member in the Department of International Health at the Bloomberg School,” says Victoria Chou, PhD ’11, MS, associate scientist in International Health. “He continues to inspire and educate the next generation of global health researchers and practitioners.” F. DuBois Bowman F. DuBois Bowman is the dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a researcher in high dimensional and complex data. As an undergraduate student majoring in mathematics, Bowman shifted his focus to biostatistics following a conversation with Bill Jenkins [see below]. “I remember leaving that conversation very excited,” Bowman told the...