Education

BS Biology, Chemistry, American University of Beirut, 1975
MD School of Medicine, American University of Beirut, 1979
PhD Human Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1985

Contact

mkhour@uw.edu

Bio

Dr. Khoury is the founding Director of the Office of Public Health Genomics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Office was formed in 1998 to assess the public health implications of the Human Genome Project. Dr Khoury served as the only director of this office until his retirement in 2024. During his 40-year career in public health, he led numerous national and international initiatives to help translate advances in genomics and other technologies into effective and ethical interventions that can improve population health and reduce health inequities. Throughout his career, he helped identify evidence-based genomic testing, family health history, and other genomic applications that can save lives and prevent disease, inform and educate public health, healthcare providers and the general public, about evidence-based genomic and precision health applications, and help integrate evidence-based applications into clinical practice and public health programs. Dr. Khoury has published extensively in the fields of genetic epidemiology, public health genomics and precision public health. Dr Khoury is also the author of 4 books in genetic epidemiology and public health genomics. He is widely cited in the scientific literature and has won multiple scientific and service awards. He also serves on the editorial boards of multiple scientific journals.