Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Georgetown University as ‘distinguished’ professor By Victor Nava
Dr. Anthony Fauci has landed a job at Georgetown University where he will serve as a “distinguished university professor” in the school’s infectious disease division.
“We are deeply honored to welcome Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, a dedicated public servant, humanitarian and visionary global health leader, to Georgetown,” Georgetown President John J. DeGioia said on Monday.
“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.”
Fauci, 82, stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and as President Biden’s chief medical adviser late last year after more than 50 years working in the federal government.
As distinguished university professor – Georgetown’s highest professional honor – Fauci will work in the Washington, D.C., university’s medical school, in a division that “provides clinical care, conducts research and trains future physicians in infectious diseases.”
Fauci will also hold an appointment in the university’s school of public policy.
“I am delighted to join the Georgetown family, an institution steeped in clinical and academic excellence with an emphasis on the Jesuit tradition of public service,” Fauci said in a statement released by the university.
“This is a natural extension of my scientific, clinical and public health career, which was initially grounded from my high school and college days where I was exposed to intellectual rigor, integrity and service-mindedness of Jesuit institutions,” he said.
Fauci, who married his wife – a Georgetown graduate – at the university’s chapel, added that his decision to join the faculty of the Jesuit school was “a no-brainer.”
“I ask myself, now at this stage in my life, what do I have to offer to society?” he said. “And I think, sure, 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 rose to prominence as a member of former President Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce in the early days of the pandemic.
Many on the right have accused the former NIAID head of misleading the public about the effectiveness of masks and pushing school lockdown measures that have had negative effects on schoolchildren.
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has accused Fauci of lying about the origins of the COVID-19 and has demanded that he be “held accountable.”
“They said it was natural — we know it came from that lab,” DeSantis told a crowd in Iowa in March, referring to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
“And I think we need some accountability here. Fauci needs to be held accountable. All these agencies,” he added.
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