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Dr. Rochelle Walensky served as the 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021-23), Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2012-2021) and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital (2017-2021). Dr. Walensky is an infectious disease clinician whose research has focused on infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS policy, including cost ...
May 5, 2023 · Dr. Rochelle Walensky is stepping down as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing the nation's progress in coping with COVID-19. Walensky announced the move on the same ...
Dec 8, 2020 · When Dr. Rochelle Walensky began her career at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the mid-1990s, finding ways to take on the HIV/AIDS epidemic was an urgent medical priority. That challenge motivated ...
Jun 20, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic. Dr. Rochelle Walensky surprised many in public health circles last month by announcing her departure ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Former CDC chief Rochelle Walensky nailed the diagnosis. But the standing ovation from a roomful of doctors, medical students, and other members of the Massachusetts General Hospital community at a special event held recently was as much about where she’d been and what she’d learned about pandemics as her diagnostic acumen.
Jan 5, 2022 · Over the last year, Rochelle Walensky has worked to regain the trust of CDC personnel—and the nation—while facing a surging COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec 13, 2023 · Walensky shares public health lessons she learned as CDC director. Rochelle Walensky says the CDC needs better access to timely data to shape public health policies and advice. December 13, 2023 – Figuring out the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic raged—often with inadequate data—was one of the major challenges Rochelle ...