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Gerald McGwin, Jr. is originally from Portland, Maine. He
received his B.S. degree from the University of Vermont
(1993) majoring in Education. He received an M.S. degree
in Health and Social Behavior from the Harvard University
School of Public Health (1995) and a Ph.D. degree in Epidemiology
from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1998). Throughout
his academic training, Dr. McGwin's research interested
focused on injuries, particularly as they relate to elderly
populations.
Since
1998 Dr. McGwin has been on the faculty of the University
of Alabama at Birmingham, where he is currently Professor and Vice Chair of Epidemiology with secondary appointments in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Surgery. His current
research interests focus on the epidemiology of injuries,
particularly motor vehicle collisions and burns, aging-related
eye diseases, and lupus.
