Search results
Years of service. 1977–1996. Rank. Colonel. Unit. Medical Corps. Robert Ray Redfield Jr. (born July 10, 1951) is an American virologist who served as the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry from 2018 to 2021.
- 1977–1996
- Donald Trump
Jan 5, 2022 · “I ran the emergency-preparedness response at CDC for four years before becoming acting director, and we used to run exercises for responding during a crisis,” says Dr. Richard Besser, now ...
Apr 30, 2021 · On December 7 of 2020, when President Biden's transition team announced that Rochelle P. Walensky was slated to become the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the medical and public health communities cheered the choice. Rochelle Walensky. Walensky has a reputation for sage and insightful research, and as the chief ...
- Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
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.
Aug 1, 2023 · 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. Download. Embed. Transcript. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dr. Mandy Cohen, the new director of the CDC, about her vision for the agency in the wake of COVID and how ...
Dec 21, 2023 · The federal government has a program to boost vaccination rates among children. Begun in 1994, the CDC purchases discounted vaccines and distributes them to state and local health departments in order to vaccinate more children — including those who are uninsured. The program has been stalled for two years by a lack of funding, Walensky said.
Dec 8, 2020 · Published 5:05 PM EST, Tue December 8, 2020. Link Copied! Dr. Rochelle Walensky has been selected to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Susan Walsh/AP. CNN ...
