Fauci serves as ‘distinguished professor’ at DC university but did not teach: Report
Dr. Anthony Fauci He joined the Georgetown University faculty last year as a “distinguished university professor” but has yet to teach a class, a new report says.
Georgetown in the summer of 2023 Dr. former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. announced that Fauci would serve as “Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine.” as well as a meeting at the university’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
Georgetown is calling Fauci’s role is “the most significant professional honor” reserved for faculty whose “extraordinary achievements in scholarship, teaching and service have earned them significant recognition in the Academy.”
However, as This was reported by College Fix As of Friday, Fauci did not appear to have taught any courses at the school since his appointment.
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Georgetown University campus ((Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) )
Fox News Digital reviewed course catalog It is available on Georgetown’s website going back to the summer semester of 2023 and has not found any courses listed with Fauci as an instructor since then.
The private Jesuit college said in its initial announcement that Fauci “will participate in medical and graduate education and engage with students.”
Since his appointment, Fauci has “delivered lectures, seminars and fireside talks to students from the Faculty of Education, the School of Health, the School of Public Policy, the Law Center, and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, among others.” according to an August interview with Georgetowner. He also “made himself available for one-on-one meetings.”
Fauci also joined Georgetown’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law as a “Distinguished Senior Scholar” in April 2024.
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 03: Former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3. 2024 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Georgetown said Fauci will develop “the right to health” and in this additional role will provide “a critical perspective to identify and respond to pressing national and global public health challenges.”
As the public face of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Fauci has come under scrutiny for his handling of the pandemic. He faced renewed criticism this month after the release of a report outlining the findings of a two-year congressional investigation into the pandemic.
A congressional subcommittee report identified the virus it probably came out of the lab In Wuhan, China, and social distancing and masking are not supported by scientific data.
Report Fauci told the public in early 2020 and beyond that he was “instrumental in debunking the lab leak theory” among top scientific circles. The report said that his testimony in Congress to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., confused the public about funding for research to enhance functions at the National Institutes of Health’s coronavirus laboratories.
Politico reported earlier this month that President Biden considering preemptive pardons For Fauci and other political figures ahead of President-elect Trump’s return to the White House in January.
Georgetown did not respond Fox News Digital Questions about Fauci’s professorial role or salary.
Fox News’ Danielle Wallace and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
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