JAMES CAMPBELL, MPH, PhD
Dr. Campbell graduated from UCLA in 1972 and served three years on active duty in the U.S. Navy as Damage Control Assistant and Chemical, Biological, Radiological Defense Officer. In 1975 he left active Naval service to attend graduate school, earning a Master’s degree from San Diego State University, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from UCLA. From 1981 to 2002, Dr. Campbell worked in a variety of capacities in Navy medical research in Jakarta, Indonesia, the United States, and Cairo, Egypt.
In 1996 he was awarded the Master of Public Health degree with a specialty in infectious disease epidemiology from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland. In 2002, he reported to London, U.K., as Commanding Officer of the Office of Naval Research Global, where he managed international Science and Technology operations in the $1.7 billion portfolio of the Chief of Naval Research. In 2005 he retired from Naval service and began his current assignment as Manager for Biosecurity and Biodefense in the National Security Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His current academic appointments include Adjunct Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at USUHS, Adjunct Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Maryland, and Clinical Research Professor at the University Of Hawaii School Of Medicine.
In 1999 he completed a solo swim across the English Channel, 22 miles in 17 hours 41 minutes. He is a certified Navy Business Acquisition Professional, with multiple awards for military and scientific leadership. Doctor Campbell lives in West Richland, WA with his wife, Patricia, and they have four sons.
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