page_title: Eric Goosby
section_title: Government service
hierarchical_section_title: Eric Goosby / Career / Government service
caption_attribution_description: Dr. Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Speaking at a Press Conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva, December 11, 2009. U.S. Mission Photo: Eric Bridiers
context_page_description: Eric Goosby is an American public health official, currently serving as the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis. Goosby previously served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2009 until mid-November 2013. In the role, Goosby directed the U.S. strategy for addressing HIV around the world and led President Obama's implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Goosby was sworn in in June 2009 and resigned in November 2013, taking a position as a professor at UCSF, where he directs the Center for Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy, a collaboration between UCSF and the University of California, Berkeley.
context_section_description: In 1991, Goosby began his government career as director of HIV Services at the Health Resources and Services Administration, in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, he administered the newly-authorized Ryan White CARE Act, overseeing the distribution of federal funds and the planning of services in 25 AIDS epicenters, as well as in all 50 states and U.S. territories. In 1994, Goosby became director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy in the United States Department of Health and Human Services, where he advised on the federal HIV/AIDS budget and worked with Congress on all AIDS-related issues.
  In 1995, Goosby created and convened the DHHS Panel on Clinical Practices for the Treatment of HIV Infections. This panel defined how to use protease inhibitors in conjunction with already existing antiretrovirals, later expanding its work to address standards of care for antiretroviral use for pediatric patients and pregnant women. Goosby has remained actively involved in this panel, now known the DHHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents, which is widely recognized as defining the standard of care for HIV/AIDS treatment in the United States.
  In 1997, Goosby also served as interim director of the Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House, reporting directly to the President as his senior advisor on HIV-related issues. Goosby's office was responsible for guiding the implementation of this initiative at HHS over the next three years. Goosby's office also coordinated scientific reviews of needle exchange as a public health intervention. In 2000, Goosby served as acting deputy director of the National AIDS Policy Office in the White House, while continuing to work as director of HIV/AIDS policy at the Department of Health and Human Services.
caption: Goosby at a Press Conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva, December 11, 2009
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