Dr. James Mancuso hails from Boston's North Shore and is married (Kathy) with three boys, ages 15, 11 and 10 (Alex, Luke, Jake). After finishing high school, he enlisted in the infantry and was stationed in Germany, where he deployed with the 3rd Armored Division during Operation Desert Storm. After completing his enlistment, he went to college at UMass/Boston, graduating with a BS in Chemistry in 1994, followed by medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1998. He did his internship at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, TX, followed by a residency in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, in Silver Spring, MD, including a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. After completing his residency training, he was stationed at Fort Stewart as the Chief of Preventive Medicine. During that time, he deployed with the 3rd Infantry Division to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His next assignment was in Landstuhl, Germany as the Chief of Epidemiology for the Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine-Europe (CHPPM-Europe). During his assignment in Landstuhl, he also deployed to Africa for a military MEDFLAG mission, as well as to Pakistani-controlled Kashmir with the 212th MASH in 2005-6 as part of the earthquake relief efforts. He then attended the Uniformed Services University again for 3 years to work on a Doctorate in Public Health, with his dissertation evaluating tuberculosis control in the US Military. In 2009, he started in his current position as the residency director for the Preventive Medicine residency program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since then, he has continued his research and public health focus on TB, HIV, and public health education.