Edward BakerEdward L. Baker serves as Director of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, the outreach and service unit of the University of the North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. He is also a Professor in the Departments of Health Plicy and Administration and Epidemiology. He previously served as Assistant Surgeon General in the U.S. Public Health Service and Director of CDC's Public Heath Practice Program Office. Initiatives developed under his leadership include the Public Health Leadership Institutes, the Information Network for Public Health Officials, the Public Health Training Network, the Sustainable Management Development Program, the Health Alert Network, the National Public Health Performance Standards Program, the National Laboratory Training Network, and the Management Academy for Public Health. Previously, he served as Deputy Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and on the faculty of Harvard School of Public Health's Occupational Health Program. Currently, Dr. Baker is the Director of the National Public Health Leadership Institute and the Office of Executive Education within NCIPH. He serves as a senior advisor and faculty for the Caribbean Health Leadership Institute managed by the University of the West Indies. Dr. Baker trained in medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, in public health and occupational health at Harvard, and in preventive medicine and epidemiology at CDC. Read More Read Less