Juan Leon is a member of the Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. His primary appointment is in the Hubert Department of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. He was born in Peru, grew up in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, and Bolivia before continuing his training in the US. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology from Dartmouth College. He received both his PhD in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis and Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology from Northwestern University. He moved to Emory University in 2004.