David Morens

Person

A former top adviser to Dr. Fauci at the NIH, who is shown in subcommittee hearings being grilled about his communications and alleged use of methods to evade FOIA requests.


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Summary

David M. Morens is an American physician-scientist, medical historian, and Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), where he has worked since 1998. He is a career officer in the United States Public Health Service, having previously served at the CDC and the University of Hawaiʻi. Morens has investigated numerous outbreaks, including Ebola, Lassa fever, and COVID-19, and publishes extensively on viral pathogenesis and the history of pandemics. He has been implicated in the COVID-19 investigation for allegedly attempting to evade Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, particularly concerning the lab leak theory and NIH funding for gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Gender

    male

  • Service

    Career officer in the United States Public Health Service

  • Education

    M.D. from University of Michigan (1973)

  • Profession

    Medical historian

  • Affiliation

    Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

  • Nationality

    American

  • Current Role

    Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

  • Research Interests

    Disease pathogenesis

  • Board Certification

    Preventive Medicine (1980)

  • Fellowship Training

    Pediatric infectious diseases

Timeline
  • Received A.B. degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1969-XX-XX

  • Received M.D. degree from the University of Michigan. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1973-XX-XX

  • Began service as a United States Public Health Service officer in CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1976-XX-XX

  • Board Certified in Pediatrics. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1978-XX-XX

  • Began two years of studying Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, West Africa, as a virologist in CDC's Bureau of Laboratories, including clinical trials and epidemiologic field studies. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1979-XX-XX

  • Board Certified in Preventive Medicine. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1980-XX-XX

  • Concluded two years of studying Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, West Africa. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1981-XX-XX

  • Began serving at the University of Hawaiʻi as Professor of Tropical Medicine, Chair of Epidemiology, and laboratory director of dengue-virus projects. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1982-XX-XX

  • Concluded service at the University of Hawaiʻi. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1998-XX-XX

  • Joined the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and began advising successive NIAID directors on emerging-disease policy and pandemic preparedness. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1998-XX-XX

  • Took academic leave of absence from the University of Hawaiʻi to work at NIAID. (Source: Web Search Results)

    1999-XX-XX

  • Became involved in the COVID-19 investigation, with allegations of attempting to evade Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests related to the lab leak theory and NIH funding for gain-of-function research. (Source: Related Documents)

    2020-XX-XX

David Morens

David M. Morens is an American physician-scientist, medical historian and Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). A career officer in the United States Public Health Service, he has investigated outbreaks from Ebola and Lassa fever to COVID-19 and publishes widely on viral pathogenesis and the history of pandemics.

Web Search Results
  • David Morens - Wikipedia

    David M. Morens is an American physician-scientist, medical historian and Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).( A career officer in the United States Public Health Service, he has investigated outbreaks from Ebola and Lassa fever to COVID-19 and publishes widely on viral pathogenesis and the history of pandemics.( Early life and education [edit] [...] ### University of Hawaiʻi (1982 – 1998) [edit")] At the University of Hawaiʻi, Morens was Professor of Tropical Medicine, Chair of Epidemiology, and laboratory director of dengue-virus projects funded by WHO and NIH. His group developed a BHK-21 neutralization assay still used for flaviviruses.( During this period he also published historical analyses of epidemics ranging from the Plague of Athens to 20th-century influenza.( ### NIAID (1998 – present) [edit")] [...] Since 1998 Morens has advised successive NIAID directors on emerging-disease policy and pandemic preparedness.( He co-authored influential papers advocating universal coronavirus vaccines( and continues research on viral host-switching and disease pathogenesis in NIAID’s Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Laboratory.( Selected works [edit]

  • Biography - My ReachMD - David Morens, MD

    Dr. David Morens is senior adviser to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.

  • [PDF] BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - Congress.gov

    fever in West Africa (1979-1981), including clinical trials with ribavirin and immune plasma, and epidemiologic field studies. In his final two years at CDC, Dr. Morens was David M. Morens is Senior Advisor to the Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. He received the A.B. degree (Psychology) in 1969 and the M.D. degree in 1973, both from the University of Michigan. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics (1978) and Preventive Medicine [...] PRÉCIS 1976-1982. Dr. Morens served as a United States Public Health Service officer in CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service from 1976-1978; served as virologist in CDC’s Bureau of Laboratories, including two years studying Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, West Africa; served as Chief of CDC's Respiratory & Special Pathogens Branch; and during these years also served as Assistant Professor at Atlanta’s Emory University and Attending Physician in pediatrics at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital. At [...] (1980), with fellowship training in pediatric infectious diseases and additional training in virology, and is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. appointed the AIDS Task Force representative for the newly-created National Center for Infectious Diseases, and led the laboratory component of CDC’s national AIDS case-control study. 1982-1998. From 1982-1998 Dr. Morens served at the University of Hawai‘i, in the School of

  • Editors - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC (.gov)

    David Morens, medical historian and professor, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, since 1982, took academic leave of absence in 1999 to work at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Morens' research interests include viral disease pathogenesis, epidemiology, and the relationship between biomedical research and public health. Image 21: J. Glenn Morris, Jr., MD, MPH&TM ### J. Glenn Morris, Jr., MD, MPH&TM [...] Image 20: David Morens, MD ### David Morens, MD #### Associate Editor Bethesda, Maryland, USA View Bio [...] interests include genetics, biochemistry, and epidemiology of emerging resistance to antibiotics, mostly in Gram negative organisms. He serves on many international committees and review panels and is on the editorial board of several journals including Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

  • David M. - Retired, Senior Advisor to the Director at National Institute ...

    Retired, Senior Advisor to the Director at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Experience: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of