The infectious-disease physician was hired in April as part of a new four-person leadership team the CDC recruited to restore confidence in the agency, Trump officials said at the time.
Jennifer Shuford is expected to leave her post after midterm elections ‘to spend more time with my family’ The deputy director and chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will resign after six months on the job, according to an agency email obtained by the Guard…
Jennifer Shuford leaves as the agency is embroiled in a dispute over its refusal to acknowledge several measles-related deaths reported by the Pennsylvania Health Department.
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) deputy director and chief medical officer, is leaving the agency after just four months on the job. Shuford, an infectious disease physician, was a former Texas health commissioner.
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, a former state health commissioner whom President Donald Trump appointed to a top post at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help steady the agency, is leaving after just four months in the job.
