Faculty Profile
June Osborn, MD
- Professor Emerita of Epidemiology
- Professor Emerita of Pedatrics and Communicable Diseases
June E. Osborn, M.D., professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health and
professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases in the Medical School, retired from
active faculty status on September 30, 1996. Dr. Osborn received her A.B. degree from
Oberlin College in 1957 and her M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in
1961. She trained as a pediatric resident at Boston Children's and Massachusetts General
Hospitals from 1961-64 and from 1964-66 was a postdoctoral fellow in virology and
infectious diseases at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pittsburgh.
From 1966-84, she served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
She joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1984 as dean and professor of epidemiology
in the School of Public Health and professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases
in the Medical School. She served as dean until 1993.
Dr. Osborn's leadership of the School of Public Health was marked by a period of overall growth and by progress in improving the school's diversity through the recruitment of more women and minorities into the student body and faculty. Dr. Osborn initiated a post-doctoral program for minority scholars to prepare them for success in faculty positions and enhanced academic outreach through establishment of the nonresidential "On Job/On Campus" program.
Dr. Osborn has achieved international prominence for her activities during the AIDS epidemic. She served as chair of the U.S. National Commission on AIDS (1989-93) and served on the Global Commission on AIDS of the World Health Organization. She also has been an advisor in the areas of virology, infectious diseases and vaccines, health care, public health, and public policy for a number of government agencies. She chaired the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's AIDS Health Services Project and served on the Public Advisory Board for the Pew/Rockefeller Health of the Public Program and the board of trustees of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Dr. Osborn has received numerous honors and holds honorary degrees from several universities. In 1986, she was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine.
The Regents now salute this distinguished faculty member by naming June E. Osborn professor emerita of epidemiology and professor emerita of pediatrics and communicable diseases. Hansjoerg Schelle, professor of German, retired from active faculty status on May 31, 1996.
Dr. Osborn's leadership of the School of Public Health was marked by a period of overall growth and by progress in improving the school's diversity through the recruitment of more women and minorities into the student body and faculty. Dr. Osborn initiated a post-doctoral program for minority scholars to prepare them for success in faculty positions and enhanced academic outreach through establishment of the nonresidential "On Job/On Campus" program.
Dr. Osborn has achieved international prominence for her activities during the AIDS epidemic. She served as chair of the U.S. National Commission on AIDS (1989-93) and served on the Global Commission on AIDS of the World Health Organization. She also has been an advisor in the areas of virology, infectious diseases and vaccines, health care, public health, and public policy for a number of government agencies. She chaired the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's AIDS Health Services Project and served on the Public Advisory Board for the Pew/Rockefeller Health of the Public Program and the board of trustees of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Dr. Osborn has received numerous honors and holds honorary degrees from several universities. In 1986, she was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine.
The Regents now salute this distinguished faculty member by naming June E. Osborn professor emerita of epidemiology and professor emerita of pediatrics and communicable diseases. Hansjoerg Schelle, professor of German, retired from active faculty status on May 31, 1996.