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* Walensky obtained her M.P.H. at [https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/ Harvard School of Public Health] in Boston in 2001.
* Walensky obtained her M.P.H. at [https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/ Harvard School of Public Health] in Boston in 2001.
==Adult life==
==Adult life==
* Walensky served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School since 2001.
* Walensky served on the faculty of the [https://hms.harvard.edu/ Harvard Medical School] since 2001.
* Chief of the division of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2017 to 2020.
* Chief of the division of infectious diseases at [https://www.massgeneral.org/ Massachusetts General Hospital] from 2017 to 2020.
* Worked to improve HIV screening and care in South Africa.
* Worked to improve HIV screening and care in South Africa.
* Chair of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council at the National Institutes of Health from 2014 to 2015.
* Chair of the [https://www.oar.nih.gov/about/oarac Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council] at the National Institutes of Health from 2014 to 2015.
* Member of the US Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents since 2011.
* Member of the [https://clinicalinfo.hiv.gov/en/news/hhs-panel-antiretroviral-guidelines-adults-and-adolescents-welcomes-new-panel-members US Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents] since 2011.
* Co-director of the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2011
* Co-director of the [https://mpec.massgeneral.org/ Medical Practice Evaluation Center] at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2011
 
==Director of the CDC==
==Director of the CDC==
Walensky was appointed as Director of the CDC by President-elect Joe Biden and assumed office on 20 January 2020.
Walensky was appointed as Director of the CDC by President-elect Joe Biden and assumed office on 20 January 2020.