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Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D.
Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH became the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) on July 3, 2002.
Before becoming CDC Director and ATSDR Administrator, Dr. Gerberding was Acting
Deputy Director of National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), where she played a
major role in leading CDC’s response to the anthrax bioterrorism events of 2001. She
joined CDC in 1998 as Director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCID,
where she developed CDC’s patient safety initiatives and other programs to prevent
infections, antimicrobial resistance, and medical errors in healthcare settings. Prior to
coming to CDC, Dr. Gerberding was a University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)
faculty member and directed the Prevention Epicenter, a multidisciplinary research,
training, and clinical service program that focused on preventing infections in patients
and their healthcare providers. Dr. Gerberding is an Associate Clinical Professor of
Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Emory University and an Associate Professor of
Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at UCSF.
She earned a B.A. magna cum laude in chemistry and biology and an M.D. at Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Gerberding then completed her
internship and residency in internal medicine at UCSF, where she also served as Chief
Medical Resident before completing her fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology and
Infectious Diseases at UCSF. She earned an M.P.H. degree at the University of
California, Berkeley in 1990.
Dr. Gerberding is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha (medical honor
society), American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), American College of
Physicians, the American Epidemiology Society, and is a Fellow in the Infectious
Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She chaired and co-chaired IDSA's Committee on
Professional Development and Diversity, was elected to serve as a member of the
Nominations Committee, and co-chaired the Annual Program Committee. Dr. Gerberding
is a member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and previously
served on its board for three years.
In the past, Dr. Gerberding served as a member of CDC’s National Center for Infectious
Diseases’ Board of Scientific Counselors, the CDC HIV Advisory Committee, and the
Scientific Program Committee, National Conference on Human Retroviruses. She has
also been a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, the American Medical
Association, CDC, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National
AIDS Commission, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and the World
Health Organization.
Dr. Gerberding's editorial activities include appointment to the Editorial Board of the
Annals of Internal Medicine. She is also Associate Editor of the American Journal of
Medicine, and serves as a peer-reviewer for numerous internal medicine, infectious
diseases, and epidemiology journals. Her scientific interests encompass patient safety and
prevention of infections and antimicrobial resistance among patients and their healthcare
providers. She has authored or co-authored more than 140 peer-reviewed publications
and textbook chapters and contributed to numerous guidelines and policies relevant to
HIV prevention, post-exposure prophylaxis, management of infected healthcare
personnel, and healthcare-associated infection prevention.
Dr. Gerberding resides in Atlanta with her husband, David, who is a software engineer.
Dr. Gerberding relaxes by scuba diving, reading on the beach, gardening, and doting on
her three cats.
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