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Leadership of CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, including senior leaders in the Office of the Director and the center's nine divisions.

Leadership of CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, including senior leaders in the Office of the Director and the center's nine divisions.
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. September 2024.

Office of the Director

  • Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director
  • Gregory Crawford, PhD, MSPH, Deputy Director for Management, Operations, and Policy
  • Dee Wetterhall, Management Officer
  • Sean Cucchi, MHA, Associate Director for Policy
  • Gabbi Promoff, MA, Associate Director for Communication Science
  • Jyotsna Blackwell, MPH, Diversity, Equity, Belonging, Accessibility, and Inclusion Officer
  • Laura Chanchien Parajón, MD, MPH, Principal Deputy Director/Distinguished Consultant
  • Romeo Galang, MD, MPH, Medical Director
  • Rachel Kaufmann, PhD, MPH, Associate Director for Science
  • Stacy De Jesus, MPH, Associate Director for the Office of Public Health Practice
  • Tim Carney, PhD, MPH, MBA, Associate Director for Informatics
  • Leonard Jack, Jr., PhD, MSc, Editor in Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease
  • Raegan Tuff, PhD, MPH, Senior Advisor for Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health

Divisions

Division of Adolescent and School Health

  • Kathleen Ethier, PhD, Director

Division of Cancer Prevention and Control

  • Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH, Director

Division of Diabetes Translation

  • Christopher S. Holliday, PhD, MPH, MA, FACHE, Director

Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

  • Janet S. Wright, MD, FACC, Director

Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

  • Ruth Petersen, MD, MPH, Director

Division of Oral Health

  • Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH Director

Division of Population Health

  • Craig W. Thomas, PhD, Director

Division of Reproductive Health

  • Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH, FAAP, RADM USPHS (ret.), Director

Office on Smoking and Health

  • Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, PhD, MPH, Director