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Dec 7, 2020 · Dr. Rochelle Walensky is an infectious disease expert and teaches at Harvard Medical School. She will replace Robert Redfield, the current director of the Centers for Disease Control and...
Dec 9, 2020 · President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Dr. Rochelle Walensky to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rochelle Paula Walensky ( née Bersoff; born April 5, 1969) is an American physician-scientist who served as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023 and had also served as the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as the director of the U.S. Centers for ...
Jun 16, 2023 · Today, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s announcement that he intends to appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen to be the next CDC director. “I congratulate Dr. Mandy Cohen on her appointment to serve as the 20 th CDC director. Dr.
Dec 8, 2020 · Now, when Walensky becomes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, she’ll be inheriting another health crisis.
Jan 20, 2021 · Now a new CDC director is arriving to a mammoth task: reasserting the agency while the pandemic is in its deadliest phase yet and the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign is wracked by confusion and delays.
In June 2023, President Joe Biden appointed Cohen director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, succeeding Rochelle Walensky. Cohen was sworn in on July 10, 2023. In her capacity as Director of the CDC, Cohen also serves as Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
