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Research chemist Michael Rybak, Ph.D., and medical technologist Bet Pendergrast, B.S., extract fat-soluble vitamins such as Vitamin A and Vitamin E from serum samples. Researchers analyze these samples in order to determine vitamin levels in the US population.

As the scope and breadth of CDC activities have grown, so has the workforce. With employees now working in 173 occupational series, CDC’s reputation as the most reputable source of public health information is attributed to the outstanding dedication of its talented workforce. Staff have been on the front lines of health prevention, often serving as the first responders to health threats around the world, since CDC’s inception.

The CDC Workforce at a Glance

• Women make up 61% of the workforce.
• Disabled members constitute 7% the workforce.
• Employees of a minority race and/or national origin make up 37% of the workforce.
• More than 80% hold a bachelors degree or higher; nearly 50% have advanced degrees.
• There were 70 countries represented among fiscal year 2008 scientific fellowships applicants.
• Staff earned more than 40,994 continuing education and continuing medical education credits.
  

The majority of CDC employees work out of the Atlanta, Georgia, headquarters, however the agency has a major presence in nine other US cities and in numerous countries around the globe:

Cincinnati, Ohio Durham, North Carolina Fort Collins, Colorado Hyattsville, Maryland Morgantown, West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Spokane, Washington Washington, DC

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