Alex E. Crosby, was born in Highland Park, Michigan and raised in Detroit. He is the oldest son of Emeral and Corene Crosby and a husband and father of four children. He graduated with a BA in chemistry from Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., an MD from Howard University's College of Medicine in Wash., D.C., and an MPH in health administration and management from Emory University's School of Public Health in Atlanta, Georgia.
He completed training in Family Medicine at Howard University Hospital; General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Morehouse School of Medicine and the Georgia Division of Public Health and epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Epidemic Intelligence Service. He worked at the CDC for 30 years responding to numerous public health emergencies addressing suicide clusters, civil unrest, school-associated violence, sniper attacks, firearm-related injuries, and the response to hurricanes, Ebola and Coronavirus.
He has authored or co-authored over 125 publications. His work focuses on prevention of suicidal behavior, child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, interpersonal violence among adolescents, and assault injuries among minorities. He currently serves as a professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
