Hugh Tilson M.D. (Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 1964), DrPH (Harvard School of Public Health 1972) is a practicing epidemiologist and outcomes researcher, whose career in public health and preventive medicine spans 40 years. Fifteen years of public service included duties as a U.S. Army Preventive Medicine Officer in Germany; Consultant to the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, National Center for Health Services Research, and Veterans Administration; Local Public Health Officer and Human Services Director for Multnomah County (Portland), Oregon (NACHO President, 1976); and State Public Health Director for North Carolina.