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