Carlos del Rio (born August 28, 1959 in Mexico) is a distinguished professor of medicine at

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. He is also a professor of global health and epidemiology at the

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, executive associate dean of Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Health System and co-director of the Emory Center for

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Research. He is a member of the

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and was elected as its foreign secretary in 2020. In 2022, del Rio became president of the

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Early life and education

Del Rio received his medical degree from

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in his native

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in 1983. He then completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at

Career

In 1989, del Rio returned to Mexico, where he served as executive director of the National AIDS Council of Mexico from 1992 to 1996. He returned to Emory in November 1996, where he began practicing in 1999. He served as chief of the Emory Medical Service at Grady Memorial Hospital from 2001 to 2009.

COVID-19 pandemic

Del Rio has advised municipal, state, and national leaders during the

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. He was a member of an advisory council to Atlanta Mayor

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and led the COVID-19 Health & Safety Task Force for the Atlanta Opera. He was a consultant for

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, helping design and implement protocols for

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productions. Del Rio appeared with Perry in “COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special,” a half-hour news special that premiered on

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on January 28, 2021. Nationally, del Rio advises college athletic programs as a member of the

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COVID-19 Advisory Panel. He also serves on the national advisory committee of the COVID Collaborative, which focuses on developing consensus recommendations and engaging with U.S. leaders on effective policy and coronavirus response. Del Rio was an investigator on the

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Research

Del Rio's research focuses on access to and use of healthcare services among Americans with

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:del Rio, Carlos HIV/AIDS researchers Living people Emory University School of Medicine faculty Mexican emigrants to the United States 1959 births Members of the National Academy of Medicine