Dr Laurence Slutsker

Dr Slutsker has a B.S. from the University of Michigan, a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, and a Master’s in Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his medical training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is board-certified in internal medicine and preventive medicine.

Dr Slutsker joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1987 and has more than 20 years’ experience with CDC in malaria. He served in a number of leadership positions at CDC including Director of the KEMRI/CDC Research Station in western Kenya (2001–2005), Chief of the Malaria Branch (2005–2010), Associate Director for Science, Center for Global Health (2010–2012), and Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (2012–2016). He has also held CDC staff positions in the HIV/AIDS and diarrheal diseases programs.

Dr Slutsker joined PATH in May 2016 and served as the first Director for both the Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNTD) Program and the Center for Malaria Control and Elimination (CMCE); from December 2019 to September 2021, he served as Senior Technical Advisor. Since October 2021, he has been an independent consultant for a variety of agencies including WHO, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Bank, and the Emory Global Health Institute.