Julie Gerberding MD, MPH | Source | President and CEO at Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Julie Gerberding MD, MPH
Dr. Gerberding is a world-renowned public health, infectious disease, and biosecurity expert. She was the first woman to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is currently President and CEO of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Gerberding also served as Merck’s Chief Patient Officer & EVP, and President of its Vaccines division. She is on Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in the World & Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World lists.
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"If you want to play, you gotta be in the game and the game is not played in Atlanta, unless, you know, you’re a fan of the baseball team there."
- Dr. Gerberding discussing the importance of having a CDC presence in Washington, D.C., on CNN Health, January 2023 -
"I applaud certain efforts that are under way, and I think the PAHPA is the right thing to do. The question is: Will Congress fund what’s necessary to realize that strategy? It’s critical to fund it … [but] I’m not confident in that sustained effort to advance our biosecurity. If we didn’t learn that lesson from COVID, I don’t know what it will take."
- PharmaVoice, December 2023
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A former CDC head on key R&D areas, public trust and if we learned anything from COVID-19
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