Since 2018, Dr. Brian Maguire has been employed by Leidos, where he works as the senior epidemiologist at a medical research laboratory in Connecticut. He is an adjunct professor at Central Queensland University (CQU) in Australia. His doctoral degree in public health is from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and he has a master's degree in health administration from Central Michigan University. He is a 2009 Senior Fulbright Scholar and has presented his research in 12 countries. His more than 100 publications, including a Cochrane Review and articles and book chapters in the areas of epidemiology, occupational safety, violence, public health, health administration, emergency medical services (EMS) systems, disaster management, and education, have been cited more than 2,700 times. 

His work at the research lab focuses on improving health and reducing occupational risks. From 2012 to 2018, he was a professor at the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences in Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. At CQU, Professor Maguire's responsibilities included being chair of the professoriate, a member of the Vice Chancellor's advisory committee, Ph.D supervisor and researcher. His previous academic positions include: professor, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia, where he helped lead the transition to distance education; clinical associate professor, graduate program director and research center director, Department of Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and, assistant professor, at The George Washington University, Washington, in Washington DC, where he helped to develop one of the first undergraduate distance education programs in health administration in the U.S.

His U.S. federal committee membership experience includes membership on the CDC’s National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), Public Safety Council (since 2010) as well as on numerous EMS committees with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration including: national EMS safety committees; ground ambulance safety committee; EMS workforce injury and illness surveillance system committee; and, the 1995 EMS agenda for the future committee. From 2006 to 2008, he worked as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he helped communities across the U.S. prepare for pandemics, bioterrorism, and other disasters. In 2016, he was appointed by the Australian government as a member of the national Paramedics Registration Project Reference Group and, in 2017, he co-authored the Australian disaster management higher education standards. 

For two decades, Brian worked in the New York City health care system in positions including agency president, hospital department head, board member, chair of the city-wide hospital ambulance administrators’ association, coordinator of the city-wide paramedic training program, field operations officer, researcher, educator, and paramedic. He has run 12 marathons, has practiced and taught Tae Kwon Do for over 40 years, and is an advanced SCUBA diver, and a certified pilot. 

Contact: brianjmaguire@gmail.com