Title:Fauci joins Georgetown faculty

This summer, infectious diseases expert and advisor to seven presidents Anthony Fauci, M.D., joined the Georgetown faculty as a Distinguished University Professor, the university’s highest professional honor that recognizes extraordinary achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service.

“We are deeply honored to welcome Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, a dedicated public servant, humanitarian, and visionary global health leader, to Georgetown,” says Georgetown President John J. DeGioia. “Dr. Fauci has embodied the Jesuit value of being in service to others throughout his career, and we are grateful to have his expertise, strong leadership, and commitment to guiding the next generation of leaders to meet the pressing issues of our time.”

For Fauci—a renowned physician, immunologist, and infectious disease researcher and scientific leader who navigated seven U.S. presidential administrations through infectious disease threats, including HIV/AIDS, SARS, MERS, avian influenza, swine flu, Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19—coming to Georgetown was a full circle moment.

He received his early education at Jesuit institutions; married his wife, Christine Grady (NHS’74, G’93), a Georgetown alumna and chair of NIH’s Department of Bioethics, in Dahlgren Chapel; had their three children at Georgetown University Hospital; and engaged with Hoyas over the years on campus and in virtual discussions. He calls his decision to come to Georgetown “a no-brainer.”

“I asked myself, now, at this stage in my life, what do I have to offer to society? I could do more experiments in the lab and have my lab going, but given what I’ve been through, I think what I have to offer is experience and inspiration to the younger generation of students,” Fauci says.

In his new role, Fauci will serve as a Distinguished University Professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, an academic division that provides clinical care, conducts research, and trains future physicians in infectious diseases. He will also hold an appointment in the university’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

Over the past two decades, Georgetown has emerged as a leader in global health, public policy, and law. In June 2022, the university launched the Global Health Institute to apply research, teaching, and service of the university’s many global health centers and institutes to developing concrete solutions for the health and care of global populations, with a focus on the issues of equity and development. Georgetown also recently created its first undergraduate degree in public policy, which students will be able to pursue from the university’s downtown campus in 2024.

“Through his extraordinary leadership and example, Anthony Fauci leveraged his role at the National Institutes of Health to influence not only medicine but policy, saving countless lives around the world as a result,” says Maria Cancian, dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy. “We are honored to have such a distinguished practitioner, one who faced and navigated some of the world’s most pressing issues, to guide our students in becoming transformative global leaders.”