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Debra Houry. Dr. Debra Houry is an American physician. She is the Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She previously served as the acting Principal Deputy Director (2021-2023) and the Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2014-2021).
- Virginia, USA
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University
“She brings strong experience as a scientist and leader and has long been a partner of the injury center,” said Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the CDC, who tapped Dr. Houry for the position. “Dr. Houry’s research has focused on injury and violence prevention in addition to the interface between emergency medicine and public health ...
From Emory, Houry entered the MD/MPH program at Tulane University, graduating in 1998. While a student at Tulane, Houry met Kellermann, who had come to campus to speak. She introduced herself after his talk, and they remained in contact for the rest of her time in medical school and her residency. Houry refers to him as a “long-distance ...
Email. dhoury@emory.edu. Phone. 404-251-8835. View Profile. Dr. Debra Houry, MD, MPH, is Vice-Chair for Research and Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and in the Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education and Department of Environmental Health at the Rollins School of ...
Dr. Houry’s Early Career For 15 years, Houry worked as a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, seeing patients at Grady Memorial Hospital, educating future physicians on injury prevention and violence as a public health problem, and conducting research on issues like intimate partner ...
During Dr. Houry’s tenure at the CDC, NCIPC’s budget increased from $142.311 million in 2014 to $682.979 million in 2021. For decades, Dr. Houry has dedicated her career to advancing public health. Before joining the CDC in 2014, Dr. Houry served as vice chair for Research in Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and as ...
Feb 15, 2023 · A practicing emergency physician for more than 20 years, Dr. Houry joined the CDC in 2014, serving as director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) from 2014 to 2021. During Dr. Houry’s tenure, NCIPC’s budget increased from $150 million to $714 million, with much of its growth focused on the opioid overdose epidemic.
