Dr. Khoury is the founding Director of the Office of Public Health Genomics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Office was formed in 1998 and Dr Khoury served as the only director of this office until his retirement in 2024. Currently, he is an adjunct professor of Epidemiology at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, Georgia, and affiliate professor in the Public Health Genetics Institute at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Khoury received his B.S. degree in Biology/Chemistry and medical degree and Pediatrics training from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He received a Ph.D. in Human Genetics/Genetic Epidemiology and training in Medical Genetics from Johns Hopkins University.
During his 40-year career in public health, he led numerous national and international initiatives to help translate advances in genomics and other technologies into effective and ethical interventions that can improve population health and reduce health inequities.
Dr. Khoury has published extensively in the fields of genetic epidemiology, public health genomics and precision public health (pubmed) and is the author of 4 books in genetic epidemiology and public health genomics. He is widely cited in the scientific literature and has won multiple scientific and service awards. He also serves on the editorial boards of multiple scientific journals.
