Dr. Ciro A. de Quadros

PACE Co-Chair, Executive Vice President

Sabin Vaccine Institute

Dr. Ciro A. de Quadros is the Executive Vice President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute in Washington, DC. He is recognized as a member of the team that successfully pioneered surveillance and containment strategies leading to the eradication of smallpox. He also directed the successful efforts of polio eradication from the Western Hemisphere, and directed efforts to eradicate measles from the same region.

Today, Dr. de Quadros is a Member of the Polio Advisory Committee of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and chairperson of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Vaccines and Immunizations of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). He holds several teaching positions, including serving as an Associate Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and Associate Professor in the Department of Tropical Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Dr. de Quadros formerly served as Director of the Division of Vaccines and Immunization at PAHO, where he advised member governments on vaccine implementation programs, and as Special Advisor to the Director General on matters related to the implementation of the Global Program for Vaccines (GPV), representing the World Health Organization in the Children’s Vaccine Initiative governing bodies.