Eric Goosby

Eric Goosby
Eric Goosby
United States Global AIDS Coordinator
	In office; June 2009 – November 2013
Preceded by	Mark R. Dybul
Succeeded by	Deborah Birx
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 71–72); San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education	Princeton University (BA); University of California, San Francisco (MD)

Eric Goosby (born 1952) is an American public health official, currently serving as the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis. Goosby previously served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2009 until mid-November 2013. In the role, Goosby directed the U.S. strategy for addressing HIV around the world and led President Obama's implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Goosby was sworn in during June 2009 and resigned in November 2013, taking a position as a professor at UCSF, where he directs the Center for Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy, a collaboration between UCSF and the University of California, Berkeley.

On November 9, 2020, he was named a member of President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board.

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