The CDC named Anne Schuchat, MD, acting director, following the Wednesday resignation of Brenda Fitzgerald, MD, reports The Washington Examiner.
Here are four things to know.
1. Dr. Fitzgerald's resignation came less than 48 hours after Politico published a report revealing she invested in tobacco and drug company stock while leading the CDC.
2. CDC COO Sherri Berger sent an agencywide email naming Ms. Schuchat acting director just three hours after news of Dr. Fitzgerald's resignation went public, according to The Washington Post.
3. Dr. Schuchat has served as the agency's principal deputy director since September 2015. She also previously served as acting CDC director from January 2017, when President Donald Trump took office, to July 2017, when he appointed Dr. Fitzgerald to the role.
4. Dr. Schuchat joined the CDC in 1988, where she's overseen the agency's vaccine and bacteria prevention programs, among other initiatives.