Virginia A. Caine, MD

Virginia A. Caine, MD is the Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Marion County Public Health Department. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine Infectious Diseases Division. She served as a Past President for American Public Health Association. She is the 125th President of the National Medical Association. She received the BioCrossroads “2017 August M. Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year” Award, as the first Black and first woman to receive this award. In 2020, the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) named her as one of 40 Influential People of the past 40 years. She is Chair of the IU Clinical and Translational Science Institute External Advisory Board and member of Regenstrief Institute. She is a founding member of the Indiana Health Information Exchange. She is a member of the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Editorial Board and member of the CDC’s Board of Scientific Counselors, Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases. Dr. Caine works tirelessly to promote and advance public health through innovative programs and unprecedented collaborations. Her boundless energy, vision, and drive to serve people, especially disadvantaged areas, have led Dr. Caine to have her fingerprints on numerous projects.