Paul E. Kilgore, MPH, MD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Kilgore completed his undergraduate and graduate studies (MPH, epidemiology) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and received his MD from Wayne State UniversitySchool of Medicine. Following a residency in internal medicine at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, he entered the Epidemic Intelligence Service program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1996, he joined the U.S. Public Health Service working in the Child Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Branch.

From 1999—2011, Dr. Kilgore served as Scientist at the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea, where he designed and implemented projects in 19 countries in Asia and Africa. Dr. Kilgore has served on a number of vaccine and advisory boards as well as scientific review committees for the US NIH, CDC and agencies around the world. In 2011, he was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Dr. Kilgore conducts research in infectious diseases, diagnostic test development, and control of vaccine-preventable diseases with the goal of supporting development of health programs and policies that improve individual patient outcomes and safety as well as reduce health disparities. Dr. Kilgore has worked in over 25 resource-limited countries of Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America including work focused on the development of rapid diagnostic tests for bacterial infections. Dr. Kilgore’s work has been funded by international agencies, foundations and a variety of public sources and research agencies around the world. Dr. Kilgore has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.