Chutes & Ladders—Massachusetts General expert Biden's CDC pick; Michigan Medicine names president
Massachusetts General Hospital is President-elect Joe Biden's pick to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Walensky is the infectious disease chief at MGH and a professor at Harvard Medical School. Walensky is also a practicing infectious disease physician at MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital. She serves as chairwoman of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council, part of the National Institutes of Health, and as a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. Walensky is a well-respected p...