Larry Kerr

Larry Kerr has extensive work experience in the field of global health and public policy. Larry is currently serving as the Deputy Vice President of Global Health and Multilateral Affairs at PhRMA. Previously, they held positions such as Adjunct Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Georgetown University Medical Center, Director of Pandemics and Emerging Threats at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Director for Medical Preparedness Policy at The White House National Security Staff, Deputy Director of Global Biological Threats at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Director for Biodefense Policy at the White House Homeland Security Council. Larry also worked as an Assistant Director for Homeland Security at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and as a Section Chief of Transplantation Immunobiology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Before that, they served as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in the US Senate.

Larry Kerr earned their HS Diploma in Pre-Med from Pensacola Catholic High School in 1982. Larry then went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from The University of the South in 1986. Larry continued their education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where they obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology in 1990. Larry further pursued their studies at The Salk Institute, completing a Post Doctorate in Immunology in 1993.