James W. Le Duc (a.k.a. James W. LeDuc) is an American virologist and epidemiologist. He is an adjunct professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), and the former director of the Galveston National Laboratory, one of the largest active biocontainment facilities in the United States. [1]
Le Duc has a 1967 bachelor's degree in zoology from California State University, Long Beach. After a master's degree in infectious and tropical diseases from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), received in 1972, he continued at UCLA for a Ph.D. in epidemiology, completed in 1977. [1]
Le Duc worked as a researcher for the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command and for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, before becoming a full professor at UTMB, where he held the John Sealy Distinguished University Chair in Tropical and Emerging Virology. [2] He was also director of the Galveston National Laboratory. [2] [3] He retired from his professorship and directorship [3] to become an adjunct professor in 2021. [1]
Le Duc was a 1974 recipient of the Paul A. Siple Award of the US Army Science Conference. [4]
He is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. [2]
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