Dr. Mary Guinan is the acting Nevada State Public Health Officer (1998-2002, 2010-present) and Dean of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Nevada-Las Vegas is a public, coeducational university located in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, USA. The campus is located approximately east of the Las Vegas Strip. The institution includes a Shadow Lane Campus, located just east of the University Medical Center of...

 . Dr. Guinan is known for her work the in the initial investigation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS) through the book/movie, "And the Band Played On", by Randy Shilts .