Dr.  Quinn is the Professor of Medicine and Pathology in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Professor of International Health, Epidemiology, and Immunology and Molecular Microbiology in The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is the founding Director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Global Health. 

He is currently a NIH Scientist Emeritus and the former Associate Director of International Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In 2004 he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academies of Science and served as Chair of the Academy’s Board on Global Health. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 

He has been an Advisor/Consultant on HIV and STDs to the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  He is an author of over 1000 publications on HIV, STIs, and infectious diseases.  He is the recipient of multiple awards including an honorary Doctoral Degree in Science from the University of Manitoba School of Medicine and the NIH Director’s award for outstanding science and achievement.