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Terry Adirim serves as the Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Pediatrics, and Chair of the Department of Integrated Medical Science at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University. Previously, she held senior executive roles across federal health agencies including the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security, with over a decade of service culminating as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
Her educational background combines clinical medicine (MD), public health (MPH), and business administration (MBA), enabling leadership at the intersection of healthcare delivery, policy, and administration. This tripartite expertise underpins her strategic approach to academic medicine and population health.
Dr. Adirim's research and professional focus centers on Public Health and Pediatrics with specialized emphasis on Health Policy, Infectious Disease Control, and Military Medicine. Her pandemic response experience spans the 2009-H1N1 outbreak to COVID-19, where she developed evidence-based remote contact tracing protocols. This work demonstrates her commitment to translating policy into practical public health interventions during crises.
She has created significant educational resources including the Remote Contact Tracing course for COVID-19 and complimentary pandemic training series. While the text does not specify advising activities or research grants, her federal leadership roles involved oversight of major health initiatives and budgets across the Military Health System and federal pandemic response frameworks.
