Rochelle P. Walensky

American medical scientist · United States · Doctors · Born 1969 · age 57

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S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2021 to 2023 and also administered the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as CDC director. On May 5, 2023, she announced her resignation, effective June 30, 2023.

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2024Anthony Fauci Courage in Leadership AwardAward2022“The latest guidance is based on science and outreach with teachers, parents and the Department of Education.”In their words19 May 2022Walensky told NBC NewsRead the whole statement

“We are committed to dismantling the barriers faced by our community based on racism, sexism, queer-antagonism, and other discriminatory factors.”In their words19 May 2022On transgenderRead the whole statement

“In a pandemic, you don’t have time to wait. You have to take action to help people. We haven’t been able to be as nimble as we’ve needed to be”In their words19 May 2022Said Walenksy, who has faced her own communications problems during the crisisRead the whole statement

“The agency needs it to modernize the nation’s public health data infrastructure, for the workforce, and quite honestly, we need it for the intersection of the two.”In their words19 May 2022She has asked Congress for support in expanding the agency’s authority to collect better public health dataRead the whole statement

“We will put the pedal to the metal for as long as we can under my leadership. My hope is I will leave them in a place where everyone recognizes that this needs to move”In their words19 May 2022Walensky saidRead the whole statement

“We want to make sure we get the answer right, but when we know the answer, we shouldn’t wait to convey it to others, I think people within the agency recognize the need for change”In their words19 May 2022* CDC Strengthens Recommendations and Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Booster Shots (May 19, 2022)Read the whole statement

2021Time 100Award1969Born5 April 1969

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The latest guidance is based on science and outreach with teachers, parents and the Department of Education.
May 19, 2022, Walensky told NBC News, Own words
We are committed to dismantling the barriers faced by our community based on racism, sexism, queer-antagonism, and other discriminatory factors.
May 19, 2022, On transgender, Own words
You know, here is what I can tell you. We are in a different place. Schools are open. Businesses are open. We have a lot of population immunity out there right now.
May 19, 2022, Walensky said in an interview with ABC news, Own words

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Awards

Anthony Fauci Courage in Leadership Award2024

Time 1002021

Doctors from the United States 6

Jonathan Mann50.4

George Tiller50.2

Rebecca Lee Crumpler50.4

Thomas E. Starzl50.2

Paul Neumann50.4

William Kennedy Smith50.1

About this person

Rochelle Paula Walensky is an American physician-scientist who served as the 19th director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2021 to 2023 and also administered the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as CDC director. On May 5, 2023, she announced her resignation, effective June 30, 2023. Prior to her appointment at the CDC, she had served as the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walensky is an expert on HIV/AIDS.

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