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Aug 26, 2022 · Rochelle Walensky walked into a hot mess when she took the helm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2021. Then head of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, Walensky was an HIV/AIDS clinician and researcher who specialized in cost-effectiveness studies and oversaw fewer than 80 physicians.
Jan 5, 2022 · Soon after joining the CDC, Walensky launched the COVID-19 Data Tracker, a comprehensive dashboard for all things related to pandemic, that she pressured her team to keep updated in near-real time ...
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Dec 13, 2023 · Walensky, who served as CDC director from 2021-2023, began her term during the COVID-19 pandemic, around the same time that the first mass vaccination campaigns were being rolled out across the country. The key question at the time was whether the vaccines were effective—a question that could not be readily answered using health data in the U.S.
Johns Hopkins University ( MD) Harvard University ( MPH) Rochelle Paula Walensky (born 1969) is an American medical scientist. Walensky is the 19th and current Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2021.
Jan 14, 2021 · Walensky is expected to be sworn in as CDC Director on Jan 20, 2021. Her priorities include ensuring that CDC staff “will feel unmuzzled, and feel like the science is leading the way again”. She also wants a review to confirm all COVID-19 guidance is evidence-based, and not tarnished by politics. And when the USA gets through the pandemic ...
Jul 11, 2023 · Dr. Mandy Cohen was beaming Monday as she was sworn in as the 20th director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the age of 44, the internist becomes the head of one of the ...
