Dr. Walensky, who is also an expert on AIDS and HIV and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, will play a key role in helping President-elect Biden’s administration curtail the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Walensky will succeed Robert Redfield, MD, who has led the CDC since 2018.
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