Patrick W. Kelley joined the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academies in July 2003 as the director of the Board on Global Health. He has subsequently also been appointed the director of the Board on African Science Academy Development.

Prior to coming to the National Academies he served in the US Army for more than 23 years as a physician, residency director, epidemiologist, and program manager. In his last Department of Defense (DoD) position, Kelley founded and directed the DoD Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DoD-GEIS). He also served as the specialty editor for the two volume textbook Military Preventive Medicine: Mobilization and Deployment.

Kelley obtained his M.D. from the University of Virginia and his Dr.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

• The US National Academies African Science Academy Development Initiative: Harnessing Science and Technology Expertise for Development in Africa (September 20, 2005)