Richard C. Dicker, M.D., M.S.

Richard C. Dicker, M.D., M.S. 
Consultant, CDC and Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, St. George’s University ,Grenada

Dr. Dicker is currently a consultant in epidemiology and surveillance to the CDC Global AIDS Program Caribbean Regional Office, part-time professor at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, and adjunct instructor at the Harvard School of Public Health. During his 25-year career in the U.S. Public Health Service he served in a number of positions at CDC including officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS, the “Disease Detectives”), chief of the EIS Program, chief of CDC’s Epidemiology Training Unit, and supervisor of EIS Officers stationed in state and city health departments throughout the northeastern United States. He also served as chief medical officer, epidemiology team leader, and then associate regional administrator in the Boston office of the Health Care Financing Administration. He is principal author of CDC’s Principles of Epidemiology self-study course book as well as numerous applied epidemiology case studies. He has taught field epidemiology in academic settings, health departments, and ministries of health throughout the world.