“Faces of Hope”: Biden Names Infectious Disease Expert to Lead CDC Advertisement
“Faces of Hope”: Biden Names Infectious Disease Expert to Lead CDC
An HIV researcher and doctor, Rochelle Walensky also studies vaccines. Plus: Obama’s surgeon general Vivek Murthy returns. Advertisement
Massachusetts HIV doctor Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, has been tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the nation’s public health institute. Biden’s pick does not require Senate confirmation.
Government service was never part of my plans. But every doctor knows that when a patient is coding, your plans don’t matter. You run to the code.