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Christopher Charles Beyrer

Gary Hock Distinguished Professor in Global Health
Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Gary Hock Distinguished Professor in Global Health · 2024 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Professor of Medicine · 2023 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Director, Duke Global Health Institute · 2022 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Research Professor of Global Health · 2023 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute · 2024 - Present Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published February 10, 2025
Global Health Experts Discuss Impact of US Foreign Aid Freeze
Published February 3, 2025
Global Health Effects of Extreme Temperatures
Published September 13, 2024
What’s Fueling the Mpox Crisis in Africa

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Recent Publications


On going backwards.

Journal Article Lancet · April 26, 2025 Full text Link to item Cite

Strategic Litigation, Public Health, and the Decriminalization of Same-Sex Sexual Intimacy: Lessons From Legal Challenges Across Former British Colonies.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · April 24, 2025 Consistent data have demonstrated the harms of punitive laws criminalizing same-sex sexual intimacy in the context of both public health and human rights. However, as of January 2025, 61 United Nations member states criminalize consensual same-sex sexual a ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


HVTN Scientific Liaison

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · 2023 - 2025

HPTN 096 Leadership Award for Protocol Co-Chair - Year 19

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by FHI 360 · 2022 - 2025

HPTN Executive Committee - Year 19

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by FHI 360 · 2022 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center · 1988 M.D.