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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 |
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==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. | ||
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Rochelle Paula Walensky, B.A., M.D., M.P.H., (b. 4 April 1969) is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Early life
Rochelle Paula Bersoff was born in Peabody, Massachusetts to Edward Bersoff and Carol Bersoff-Berstein. She was reared in Potomac, Maryland where she graduated Winston Churchill High School.
Education
- Walensky earned her B.A. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Washington University in St. Louis in 1991.
- Walensky was awarded her M.D. at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore in 1995.
- Walensky obtained her M.P.H. at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston in 2001.
Adult life
- Walensky served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School since 2001.
- Chief of the division of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2017 to 2020.
- 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.
- Member of the 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
Director of the CDC
Walensky was appointed as Director of the CDC by President-elect Joe Biden and assumed office on 20 January 2020.
Publications
Walensky is a very active writer. She is listed as a co-author of 310 articles by the PubMed service of the National Library of Medicine.
References