He previously worked in the Influenza Division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, where he was also stationed as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. Dr. Harper is certified in Infectious Disease and Tropical/Travel Medicine and completed medical training in Dallas and San Francisco. He earned a Masters of Public Health (Epidemiology) from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters of Science in Clinical Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Harper currently serves as the Chairman of the Influenza Guideline Expert Panel for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.