& H., is Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) country mission in Kenya.

Dr. De Cock additionally served as the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of HIV/AIDS from 2006 to 2009, overseeing all of WHO's work related to HIV/AIDS focusing on initiatives to assist low- and middle-income countries in scaling up their treatment, prevention, care, and support programs.

Dr. De Cock received his medical degree from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

He obtained the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and completed a fellowship in hepatology at the University of Southern California.

He joined CDC in 1986 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer[3] working with viral hemorrhagic fevers.