Biography

Dr. Hoover received a B.A. from University of Notre Dame and received his M.D. from Loyola University in Chicago. Following an internal medicine internship at Cook County Hospital, he completed a preventive medicine residency at the Harvard School of Public Health. During this time he received an M.S. and Sc.D. in epidemiology from Harvard. He joined NCI in 1972 and held a series of positions before his appointment in 1996 as Director of DCEG's Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program. Dr. Hoover serves on the editorial boards of three journals and serves on many national and international committees concerned with various aspects of epidemiology and preventive medicine. He has been awarded the Public Health Service Commendation Medal in 1976, the Meritorious Service Medal in 1984, and the Distinguished Service Medal in 1990. He also has received the Gorgas Medal for distinguished work in preventive medicine from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.