Scott M. Hammer, M.D. is the Harold C. Neu Professor of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Columbia University Medica l Center (CUMC). Dr. Hammer is also the Chair of the AIDS Vaccine Research Working Group, an advisory committee to the Division of AIDS at the NIAID, and had also served as the Chair of the Antiviral Products Advisory Committee of the FDA. In his role as Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at CUMC, he has worked to enhance professional development and has focused on strengthening infection surveillance at the institutional and regional levels in order to improve and protect public health. Dr. Hammer has been a director since December of 2006 |