# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/susan-monarez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:14:19.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/susan-monarez"
name: "Susan Monarez"
slug: "susan-monarez"
description: "Susan Patricia Coller Monarez is an American microbiologist and public health official serving as the Strategic Health Technology and Funding Advisor for the California Department of Public Health initiative known as the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange. She served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first in an acting capacity from January to March 2025, and then as a confirmed position for under a month from July to August 2025."
tagline: "American microbiologist and public health official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susan_Monarez_2025.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1974-11-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.9
  momentum:             5.168918918918918
  historical:           3.987153333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Monarez"
    title: "Susan Monarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Monarez"
    title: "Susan Monarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Monarez"
    title: "Susan Monarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Monarez"
    title: "Susan Monarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117252182"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump