About CERTs
Steering Committee
Hugh H. Tilson, MD, DrPH
Dr. Tilson is Chair of the CERTs Steering Committee. He is a practicing epidemiologist and outcomes researcher whose career in public health and preventive medicine spans more than 35 years. Dr. Tilson spent 15 years in public service, including duties as a U.S. Army preventive medicine officer in Europe; consultant to the Federal Office of Economic Opportunity, National Center for Health Services Research, and Veterans Affairs (VA); Human Services Director for Multnomah County, Oregon; and state Public Health Director for North Carolina. From his 15 years in the multinational pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Tilson is credited with introducing many epidemiological principles and innovations. Upon his retirement from industry in 1996, he joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Public Health and adjunct faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy. He is an advisor to government and industry in health outcomes, drug safety, and evidence-based health policy, including public health preparedness. He was founding co-president of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE), a founding member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians, and a member of the Council for International Organisations for the Medical Sciences (CIOMS) Working Groups on Drug Safety. He chairs the working group on research for the Public Health Workforce for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).