John McGowan Jr.
Professor, Emeritus
Emeritus Professor
Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
Professor Emeritus, Global Health
Professor Emeritus, Executive MPH
HONORS AND AWARDS
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (Harvard Medical School, 1966)
Annual Edward Lowbury Lecturer, Hospital Infection Society (U.K.), 1984
Australian Medical Association Postgraduate Medical Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor, 1984
Annual Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, 1987
Sophomore Class Teaching Awards, Emory Medical School, 1988 and 1992
Annual Visiting Professor, Queensland Medical Society, Mater Hospital, 1988
Annual Overseas Lecturer, Royal College of Pathology of Australasia, 1991
The Best Doctors in America, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1998-99, Woodward/White Publishers
Who's Who in America, 1992-2004 Editions, Marquis Publications
Student Government Teaching Award: Professor of the Year, Rollins School of Public Health, 1995
Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society (Emory University, 1996) Vice President, 1997
Career Distinction Award, Society for Hospital Epidemiology in America, 1998
24th Sir F. MacFarlane Burnet Lecturer, Australasian Infectious Diseases Society, 2000
Elected to Honorary Life Membership, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases, 2000
Robert W. Philip Memorial Lecturer, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2000
Elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, 2000
Advisor, European Community Commission on Antimicrobial Use, 2001
John E. McGowan, Jr. Annual Keynote Lectureship, established by Georgia Infection Control Network, 2006
Thomas F. Sellers Jr. Award (for Faculty Role Model and Mentor), Rollins SPH, Emory University, 2007
Charles J. Hatem Annual Visiting Professorship, Mount Auburn Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2008
Elected to American Epidemiological Society, 2009
Emory Williams University Award for Distinguished Teaching, Emory University, 2011
Elected to Assoc. of Schools of Public Health/Pfizer Public Health Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 2012
Annual Teaching Award, Career MPH Program, Rollins SPH, Emory University, 2014
Charles Hatcher Jr. Award for Career Contributions to Public Health, Emory University, 2015
Garrod Medal for "significant contributions to antimicrobial chemotherapy," British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2016
Areas of Interest
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Global Health
- Healthcare Systems
- Infectious Disease
Education
- BMS 1965, Dartmouth Medical School
- MD 1967, Harvard University
Publications
- McGowan JE Jr., 2016, Garrod Lecture 2016 - The role of the healthcare epidemiologist in antimicrobial chemotherapy - a view from the USA, J Antimicrob Chemother, 71, 2370-2378
- McGowan JE Jr, 2012, Antimicrobial stewardship - the state of the art in 2011: focus on outcome and methods, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 33, 331-337
- Murray EL, Brondi L, Kleinbaum D, McGowan JE Jr, Van Mels C, Brooks WA, Goswami D, Ryan PB, Klein M, Bridges CB, 2012, Cooking fuel type, household ventilation, and the risk of acute lower respiratory illness in urban Bangladeshi children: a longitudinal study., Indoor Air, 22, 132-139
- Stone ND, Lewis DR, Johnson TM II, Hartney T, Chandler D, Byrd-Sellers J, McGowan Je Jr, Tenover FC, Jernigan JA, Gaynes RP, Southeast Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Cooperative. , 2012, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Carriage in Residents of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Facilities: Role of Antimicrobial Exposure and MRSA Acquisition., Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012; 33: 551-557., 33, 551-557
- Murray EL, Klein M, Brondi L, McGowan JE Jr, Van Mels C, Brooks WA, Kleinbaum D, Goswami D, Ryan B, Bridges CB. , 2012, Rainfall, household crowding, and acute respiratory infections in the tropics. , Epidemiol Infect, 140, 78-86
- McAllister L, Gaynes RP, Rimland D, McGowan JE Jr. , 2010, Hospitalization earlier than 1 year prior to admission as an additional risk factor for methicillin-reisistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31, 538-540
- Mermel LA, Eells SJ, Acharya MK, Cartony JM, Dacus D, Fadem S, Gay EA, Gordon S, Lonks JR, Perl TM, McDougal LK, McGowan JE Jr, Maxey G, Morse D, Tenover FC., 2010, Quantitative analysis and molecular fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in different patient populations: a prospective, multicenter study, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31, 592-597
- Tenover FC, Sinner SW, Segal RE, Huang V, Alexandre SS, McGowan JE, Jr, Weinstein MP., 2009, Characterisation of a Staphylococcus aureus strain with progressive loss of susceptibility to vancomycin and daptomycin during therapy., Internat J Antimicrob Agents, 33, 564-568
- Tenover FC, Gay EA, Frye S, Eells SJ, Healy M, McGowan JE Jr., 2009, Comparison of typing results obtained for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with the DiversiLab system and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, . J Clin Microbiol, 47, 2452-2457
- Tenover FC. Emery SL. Spiegel CA. Bradford PA. Eells S. Endimiani A. Bonomo RA. McGowan JE, Jr. , 2009, Identification of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., and proteus species can potentially improve reporting of cephalosporin susceptibility testing results, J Clin Microbiol, 47, 294-299
- John McGowan & Bill Eley, 2008, Big Picture' thinking, , ,
- DiazGranados CA, Cardo DM, McGowan, JE, Jr., 2008, Antimicrobial resistance: international control strategies, with a focus on limited resource settings., Internat J Antimicrob Agents, 32, 1-9
- Kollef MH, Morrow LE, Baughman PR, Carven DE, McGowan, JE, Jr, Micek ST, Niederman MS, Ost D, Paterson DL, Segreti J., 2008, Health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP): a critical appraisal to improve identification, management, and outcomes. Proceedings of the HCAP summit., Clin Infect Dis , 46, S296-S334
- Stone ND, Lewis DR, Lowery HK, Darrow LA, Kroll CM, Gaynes RP, Jernigan JA, McGowan JE, Jr, Tenover FC, Richards CL., 2008, Importance of bacterial burden among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers in a long-term care facility., Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29, 143-148
- Barlow M, Reik RA, Jacobs SD, Medina M, Meyer MP, McGowan JE, Jr, Tenover FC., 2008, High rate of mobilization for blaCTX-Ms., Emerg Infect Dis, 14, 423-428