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Immunization Works! Special Issue April 29, 2005
As many of you know, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been taking steps to further strengthen the nation's immunization program. One critical decision that has been made is to relocate the immunization safety activities from CDC’s National Immunization Program to CDC’s Office of the Chief Science Officer (OCSO), which Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director of CDC, announced at the recent National Immunization Conference in Washington, D.C. In early April, CDC notified Congress of this decision, and on April 21, the 15-day congressional notification period ended, making the relocation of the immunization safety activities to OCSO official. We wanted to share with you some important information now that this transition period is over:
- The new name of the office will be the Immunization Safety Office (ISO).
- Dr. Frank DeStefano will continue to serve as Acting Director of the ISO until the selection of a permanent director, conducted via national search, is completed. This position reports directly to Dr. Dixie Snider, CDC’s Chief Science Officer.
- The ISB Relocation Question and Answer page might be helpful in the event that you or your organization receive inquiries from the public and others.
- For more information about the Office of the Chief Science Officer, you can visit the following website www.cdc.gov/od/ads
CDC is committed to building a more robust immunization safety activity with the goal of sustaining confidence through continued scientific quality, objectivity and transparency of CDC’s immunization recommendations. Therefore we want to assure you that collaboration between the National Immunization Program and the Office of the Chief Science Officer’s ISO on these important immunization safety issues will continue.
Should you have any questions and/or concerns, please feel free to contact Brooke Barry at 404-639-7404 or Cathy Spruill at 404-639-7259. Thank you for your continued support and patience during this process.
Sincerely,
Dixie Snider, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Science Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Content last reviewed on May 2, 2005
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
