W. William Schluter, MD - Director, Global Immunization Division

Dr. Schluter is the Director of the Global Immunization Division in the Center for Global Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He has worked towards the eradication, elimination, and control of vaccine-preventable diseases for more than 20 years in a variety of settings.

Most recently, Dr. Schluter was on detail from CDC to the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office, from 2012 to 2017, serving as the Group Lead for Accelerated Disease Control for the Expanded Program on Immunization Unit providing support to the 37 countries and areas of the Western Pacific.  Prior to that position, he was detailed to the WHO Nepal Country Office, from 2009 to 2012, as the Team Lead for the Immunization Preventable Diseases Unit and to the WHO Ethiopia Country Office, from 2004-2007, coordinating programmatic and surveillance activities for vaccine-preventable diseases.

Dr. Schluter graduated from the Creighton University School of Medicine in 1990 and received a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of Colorado in 1995. He completed residency training in both Family Medicine at the University of Wyoming and General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Colorado. Dr. Schluter started his career at CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, 1995-1997, in the National Immunization Program in the Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella Activity.