CDC Experts By Topic

Need an expert? The following is a list of CDC experts who often speak to the press on the topics they cover. If you don′t see an expert in your area of interest, please call the Division of Media Relations at (404) 639-3286.

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Adolescent & School Health

• Susanna Visser, MS
• Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH

Arthritis

• Charles Helmick, MD

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Tourette′s Syndrome

• Ruth Perou, PhD

Autism

• Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD

Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities

• Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH
• Commander Rachel Nonkin Avchen, MS, PhD
• Adolfo Correa, MD, MPH
• John Eichwald, MA
• Alina Flores, MPH
• R. Louise Floyd, RN, DSN

Cancer

• Commander Jacqueline W. Miller, MD, FACS
• Mona Saraiya, MD, MPH

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Janet Collins, PhD

Communications

• Donna Garland
• Glen Nowak, PhD
• Barbara J. Reynolds, PhD

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Diabetes Prevention

• Ann Albright, PhD, RD

Disability & Health

• John E. Crews, DPA

Drug Overdoses

• Leonard J. Paulozzi, MD, MPH

Environmental Health

• Henry Falk, MD, MPH (RADM, USPHS)
• Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPH

Foodborne Disease

• Robert Tauxe, MD, MPH

Genomics

• Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD

Global Health

• Deborah Birx, MD
• Stephen B. Blount, MD, MPH

Global Migration and Quarantine

• Commander Francisco Alvarado-Ramy, MD
• Martin Cetron, MD

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Health Marketing

• Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH

Healthcare Associated Infections

• Michael Bell, MD
• Cliff McDonald, MD
• Arjun Srinivasan, MD

Healthy Aging

• Lynda Anderson PhD

Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention

• Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD, FAHA

HIV/AIDS

• Janet C. Cleveland, MS
• Commander Kenneth L. Dominguez, MD, MPH

HIV/AIDS, STDs, Viral Hepatitis & Tuberculosis

• Hazel D. Dean, ScD, MPH
• Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD
• Additional HIV/AIDS, STDs, Viral Hepatitis & Tuberculosis Experts

Influenza

• Stephen C. Redd, MD (RADM)

Immunizations & Respiratory Diseases

• Jeanne M. Santoli, MD, MPH
• Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS)
• Abigail Shefer, MD, FACP

Injury & Violence Prevention

• Ileana Arias, PhD
• Ann M. Dellinger, PhD, MPH
• Commander Julie Gilchrist, MD
• Corinne Graffunder, DrPH, MPH
• Arlene Greenspan, DrPH, MS, MPH
• Diane Hall, PhD, MSED
• Jeffrey E. Hall, PhD, MSPH
• Richard C. Hunt, MD
• Rebecca T. Leeb, PhD
• Janet Saul, PhD
• Ruth Shults, PhD, MPH
• Judy A. Stevens, PhD
• Marlena M. Wald, MPH, MLS

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Minority Health & Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

• Karen Bouye, PhD
• Wayne H. Giles, MD, MS

Obesity, Nutrition & Physical Activity

• William H. Dietz, MD, PhD

Occupational Safety & Health

• Christine M. Branche, PhD
• María Sofía Lioce-Mata, MD, MPH

Oral Health

• Captain William Bailey, DDS, MPH

Pandemic Preparedness

• Stephen C. Redd, MD (RADM)

Public Health Preparedness

• Commander Francisco Alvarado-Ramy, MD
• Martin Cetron, MD
• Rear Admiral Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH
• Daniel Marc Sosin, MD, MPH, FACP

Reproductive Health

• William Callaghan, MD, MPH
• Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Raul A. Romaguera, DMD, MPH

Sleep Disorders

• Michael Decker, PhD, RN, RRT, D. ABSM

Smoking and Health

• Ralph S. Caraballo, PhD, MPH
• Captain Matthew McKenna, MD, MPH
• Terry Pechacek, PhD

Travelers′ Health

• Phyllis Kozarsky, MD
• Nina Marano, DVM

Tuberculosis

• Rear Admiral Kenneth Castro, MD

Women′s Health

• Yvonne T. Green, RN, CNM, MSN

Zoonotic, Vector-borne & Enteric Diseases

• Lonnie King, DVM
• Lyle R. Petersen, MD, MPH

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