Nirav Shah | |
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| Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| In office July 1, 2023 – July 10, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Himself |
| Preceded by | Rochelle Walensky |
| Succeeded by | Mandy Cohen |
| Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| Assumed office March 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Debra Houry (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nirav Dinesh Shah 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Education | University of Louisville (BS) University of Oxford University of Chicago (JD, MD) |
Nirav Dinesh Shah (born 1977) is an American epidemiologist, economist and attorney. He worked as an economist and epidemiologist at the Cambodian Ministry of Health. Shah was appointed as the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health in 2015 and served in that role until 2019. He served as the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 2019 to 2023. In January 2023, he was appointed as the principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and he assumed that position in March 2023.[1][2] Following the resignation of Rochelle Walensky, Shah served as the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July 2023 until Mandy Cohen assumed office.[3][4]
- ^ St Pierre, Ariana (January 12, 2023). "Dr. Nirav Shah leaving Maine CDC to join U.S. CDC". WGME. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "Principal Deputy Director". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "The CDC is getting a new leader as it seeks to remake itself after the pandemic". Government Executive. June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "The CDC Director Walensky Leaves Deep Divides, Weary Staff for Successor to Heal". Bloomberg. June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.