Rochelle Walensky

Rochelle Walensky
Official portrait, 2021
19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In office
January 20, 2021 – June 30, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyAnne Schuchat
Debra Houry (acting)
Nirav D. Shah
Preceded byRobert Redfield
Succeeded byMandy Cohen
Personal details
Born
Rochelle Paula Bersoff

(1969-04-05) April 5, 1969 (age 55)
Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1995)
Children3
ParentEdward H. Bersoff (father)
EducationWashington University in St. Louis (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Harvard University (MPH)

Rochelle Paula Walensky (née Bersoff; born April 5, 1969) is an American physician-scientist who served as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023 and served as the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023.[1] On May 5, 2023, she announced her resignation, effective June 30, 2023.[2][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "New CDC Director". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Samuels, Brett (May 5, 2023). "Rochelle Walensky exits as CDC chief". The Hill. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Sun, Lena H.; Diamond, Dan (May 5, 2023). "CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to step down June 30". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Pager, Tyler (December 6, 2020). "To rebuild CDC, Biden picks Rochelle Walensky". Politico. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.