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Virginia A. Caine, MD (she/her/hers)

Director and Chief Medical Officer
Marion County Public Health Department
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Virginia A. Caine, MD is the Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Marion County Public Health Department. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine Infectious Diseases Division. She served as a Past President for American Public Health Association. She was recently installed as the 125th President of the National Medical Association. She received the BioCrossroads “2017 August M. Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year” Award as the first Black and first Female recipient. In 2020, the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) named her as one of 40 Influential People of the past 40 years.

She is Chair of the Indiana University Clinical and Translational Science Institute External Advisory Board and member of Regenstrief Institute. She is a founding member of the Indiana Health Information Exchange. She is the Chair of the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Advisory Committee. She is a past member of the National Biodefense Science Board, which provides guidance to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness. She helped set up the first integrated HIV/AIDS healthcare delivery system in Indianapolis and her HIV/AIDS program was recognized number one in the country by the White House. She is a member of the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Editorial Board; Member, CDC ACIP Pneumococcal Working Group; Expert Panel Member and 2024 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines. She is currently a member of the CDC’s Board of Scientific Counselors, Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases (BSC, DDID).

Dr. Caine works tirelessly to promote and advance public health through innovative programs and unprecedented collaborations. Her boundless energy, vision, and drive to serve people, especially disadvantaged areas, have led Dr. Caine to have her fingerprints on numerous projects.

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