Merck Vaccines, West Point, PA and Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-14
Building 16, Room 5130
Atlanta
GAUSA
30333
Biographical Sketch: Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., guided CDC through an era of rapid growth and emergency response to 43 national and global health threats – including SARS, West Nile Virus, several hurricanes, and avian influenza. She joined CDC in 1998 as director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion where she led patient safety programs and efforts to combat infections and antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings. In July 2002, she was appointed as CDC Director to oversee a $10 billion budget and a workforce of 15,000 people in more than 45 countries during a dramatic expansion of CDC’s portfolio to encompass preparedness and response to global health threats. She initiated CDC’s pandemic preparedness operations and exercise curriculum, and helped launch the “Alliance to Make US Healthiest,” a grass roots movement to expand health system reform efforts to emphasize health promotion. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Emory University, and continues to provide care for patients at San Francisco General Hospital. In January 2010, she was President, Merck Vaccines Division. She serves on several boards including Gates Foundation Grand Challenges in Global Health Board, Global Health Group, Accordia Global Health Foundation Board, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visiting Committee for Whitaker College of Science and Technology. She is an elected member of both the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Public Administration. In 2005, Time Magazine named her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and Forbes Magazine listed her among the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world each year from 2005 to 2008. Dr. Gerberding received the Surgeon General’s Medallion, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Public Health Service, for exceptional achievement in the cause of public health and medicine.