CDR James Lawler, MD, MPH

Commander James Lawler is a research scientist at the Naval Medical Research Center – Frederick and directs the Austere environment Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes (ACESO).  He holds positions as an attending physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda and as an assistant professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).  Dr. Lawler received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Duke University and graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine.  He completed his internship and residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and fellowship at the DoD National Capital Consortium.  He received a Master of Public Health and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health from USUHS.  Dr. Lawler’s career has focused on research and national policy related to emerging infectious diseases, biodefense and public health preparedness.  Previous assignments have included the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease’s Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and two assignments in the White House on the Homeland Security Council and National Security Council staffs where he coordinated national policy on biodefense, pandemic response and medical and public health preparedness.  CDR Lawler has clinical medicine and research experience in multiple field, humanitarian relief and emerging infectious disease environments, most recently as a World Health Organization clinical consultant in Conakry, Guinea during the West African Ebola virus disease epidemic in May 2014.