Clinical Professor
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California
Dr Klausner earned his MD at the Cornell University Medical College and earned and MPH at Harvard University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at NYU-Bellevue Medical Center and Infectious Diseases Fellowship at University of Washington. From 1995-1997, he was as a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer.
From 1998-2009 Dr. Klausner was Deputy Health Officer, Director of STD Prevention Services at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, member of the UCSF faculty in and Attending Physician. While in San Francisco Dr. Klausner helped identify key factors associated with the increased spread of HIV and STDs and implemented multiple novel public health prevention programs. He helped create the St. James Infirmary, the first occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and Magnet, a community-based peer-run sexual health clinic for gay men.
From 2009-2011 Dr. Klausner was Branch Chief for HIV and TB at the Centers for Disease Control in Pretoria, South Africa, helping lead the South African PEPFAR program for care and treatment.
After returning from South Africa, from 2011-2021. Klausner was a senior faculty member in the UCLA Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Epidemiology. At UCLA, Dr. Klausner was the Principal Investigator for multiple NIH-funded projects in the US and globally.
Dr. Klausner has a particular interest in the use of technology—information, digital, and laboratory—to facilitate access to treatment for disadvantaged populations. Dr. Klausner has been funded by the NIH, CDC, private pharmaceutical and test manufacturers to study the benefits of new ways to find and treat infectious diseases, sexually transmitted infections and antimicrobial resistance. Dr. Klausner is a frequent advisor to the CDC, NIH and WHO and a popular public speaker. Dr. Klausner is a highly sought after mentor who has trained scores of fellows, residents and students of medicine and public health