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Dr. Mary E. Guinan is the Acting State Health
Officer, Nevada State Health Division, headquartered in
Carson City. She is directly responsible for enforcing
all laws and regulations pertaining to public health
throughout Nevada, including interpreting, implementing,
and providing guidelines for Nevada’s Health Division,
Board of Health, and public and private entities on
federal and state laws and Board of Health regulations.
She is also charged with investigating causes of
disease, epidemics, sources of mortality, and other
matters impacting public health. This daunting mission
involves aggressive measures as may be necessary to
prevent the spread of sickness and disease through
surveillance, intervention, and education. This includes
bioterror preparedness. Statewide, the Nevada State
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Division strives to control the spread of communicable diseases and seeks to
lower the incidence of preventable diseases and injuries, along with
collection and analysis of morbidity and mortality in Nevada.
Dr. Guinan received her Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine and her PhD from the University of Texas in Biochemistry and
Physiology. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the American
Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Preventive Medicine and
Public Health. Dr. Guinan is a physician and scientist who worked at the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in various scientific
and administrative positions for over 20 years. She participated in the
worldwide smallpox eradication program and was a member of the first CDC
AIDS Task Force that investigated the emerging AIDS epidemic in 1981. Her
prestigious work is described in the book and movie “And the Band Played
On.” Dr. Guinan previously served as the Nevada State Health Officer from
1998 to 2002. She is the Founding Dean of UNLV School of Public Health.
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