Celine Gounder

Celine Gounder is an American medical doctor and medical journalist who specializes in infectious disease and global health. She was educated at Princeton University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and University of Washington School of Medicine. As of 2018, Gounder practices medicine part-time while addressing her long time concerns with health issues as a medical journalist. In 2017, because of her contributions to medicine and public health, Gounder was named one of People Magazine's 25 Women Changing the World.

Celine Gounder

MD, ScM, FIDSA
EducationBA from Princeton University (1997), Masters from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2000), MD from University of Washington School of Medicine (2004)
OccupationInfectious disease doctor, advocate for global health, medical journalist
Spouse(s)Grant Wahl
Websitecelinegounder.com

Education

Gounder graduated from Princeton University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Molecular Biology.[1] She received a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2000, then in 2004 she attended the University of Washington School of Medicine where she received a Doctor of Medicine degree.[1][2] While attending UW School of Medicine, she co-founded the International Health Group, which advocates for doctors in training to develop careers that serve disadvantaged people around the world.[2][3]

Gounder did her residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.[2]

Career

Gounder's first position was as a post-doc at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she researched TB and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and served as Director for Delivery in the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic, which was funded by the Gates Foundation.[1][2] She then joined the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene working on control of TB in the city.[1][2]

After that she decided to try to address public health issues as a medical journalist,[2] and remained active practicing medicine.[1]

As a medical journalist she has worked as a consultant for and on the editorial board of TEDMED[4] and has published articles about infectious disease and other medical topics in media including The New Yorker and The Atlantic, and has appeared on TV news and talk shows.[2] As of 2018 she was working on a documentary.[1]

Awards

While pursuing her master's degree at Johns Hopkins, Gounder was inducted into the Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society in 2000.[5] In 2004 when she graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine, she was awarded the James W. Haviland Award for "outstanding clinical competence and for unusual promise as a leader of medicine in the future".[6] In 2010, she was awarded the W. Leight Thompson, MD Excellence in Research Award at Johns Hopkins.[7] Also that year, she was the recipient of the Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr. Award at Johns Hopkins, and was an Ashoka Changemaker Finalist.[8]

In 2016, Gounder was appointed as a fellow for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.[9]

In 2017, Gounder was listed in People Magazine's 25 Women Changing the World in 2017 for her contributions to health care.[10]

Personal life

Gounder is married to Grant Wahl, a writer at Sports Illustrated and a FOX Sports news correspondent. They and their two dogs live in New York City.[11]

References
  1. Gounder, Celine. "Celine Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA". LinkedIn. LinkedIn Corporation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. "Real Time Impact on Global Health". UW Medicine. UW School of Medicine. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. "About the UW School of Medicine International Health Group". University of Washington. University of Washington. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. "TEDMED's Editorial Advisory Board". TEDMED. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  5. "2000 Inductees". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. "Medical School graduates Honored with Student Awards". Online News UW School of Medicine. University of Washington School of Medicine. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. "ACGME Former Fellows". Johns Hopkins Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Health System. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  8. "Dr. Celine Gounder - Infectious Disease". U.S. News and World Report. U.S. News & World Report L.P. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  9. "IDSA News". Infectious Disease Society of America. July–August 2016.
  10. People Staff. "Meet the 25 Women Changing the World in 2017". People. Time Inc. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  11. "Dr. Celine Gounder". www.jeffpearlman.com. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
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