美国疾控中心副主任Jennifer Shuford将离任:据华盛顿邮报报道,下周中期选举后离开特朗普政府

据路透社10月27日报道,美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)副主任兼首席医疗官 Jennifer Shuford 将离开特朗普政府,离任时间在下周的中期选举之后;这一消息由《华盛顿邮报》10月26日援引消息人士率先披露,路透社称尚无法立即核实该报道。
CDC 官网的领导层介绍显示,Shuford 在 CDC 担任副主任兼首席医疗官,为该机构提供临床、科研与公共卫生领导,负责就国内与全球卫生议题提供专业指导,并就临床与科研优先事项向 CDC 主任提出建议,参与领导 CDC 各中心、研究所与办公室的战略公共卫生工作。
加入 CDC 之前,Shuford 任得克萨斯州(德州)卫生服务厅(DSHS)厅长,主管全州公共卫生项目,包括传染病应对、健康促进、流行病学与应急准备。此前她曾任德州首席州流行病学家,再之前在 Austin 从事传染病临床工作;她于2017年加入 DSHS,参与过麻疹与新冠疫情等重大公共卫生应对。
Shuford 的医学学位来自得克萨斯大学西南医学中心,在 Dallas 的长老会医院完成内科住院医师训练并任总住院医师,其后在 Minnesota 州 Rochester 的 Mayo Clinic 完成传染病专科训练,并获哈佛大学公共卫生学院公共卫生硕士学位,持有内科与传染病双专科认证。路透社的报道未提及 Shuford 的离任原因、确切离任日期与接任人选。
CDC Deputy Director Jennifer Shuford to Leave Trump Administration After Next Week's Midterm Elections, Washington Post Reports
Jennifer Shuford, deputy director and chief medical officer of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will leave the Trump administration after next week's midterm elections, Reuters reported on October 27. The Washington Post first reported the departure on Monday, October 26, citing sources, and Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report.
According to CDC's official leadership biography, Shuford serves as the agency's deputy director and chief medical officer, providing clinical, scientific and public health leadership, expert guidance on a broad portfolio of domestic and global health issues, and advice to the CDC Director on clinical and scientific priorities, while helping lead strategic public health efforts across CDC's centers, institute and offices.
Before joining CDC, Shuford served as commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), where she oversaw statewide public health programs including infectious disease response, health promotion, epidemiology and emergency preparedness. She previously served as Texas' chief state epidemiologist, after practicing as an infectious disease physician in Austin, Texas. She joined DSHS in 2017 and contributed to major public health responses including measles and COVID-19.
Shuford received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, completed an internal medicine residency at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, where she served as chief resident, completed an infectious diseases fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and earned a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. The Reuters report did not state a reason for her departure, an exact leaving date, or a successor.
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图片来源:图:位于 Atlanta 的美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)Edward R. Roybal 园区总部大楼与标识牌。照片:James Gathany,美国疾控中心 CDC,公共领域(PHIL 10693),经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Edward R. Roybal Campus headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Photo: James Gathany, CDC, public domain (PHIL 10693), via Wikimedia Commons.

