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

• Ruth Perou, PhD
• Susanna Visser, MS
• Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH

Application of Research to Programs and Practice

• Corinne Graffunder, DrPH, MPH

Arthritis

• Charles Helmick, MD

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Susanna Visser, MS

Autism

• Ileana Arias, PhD
• Coleen A. Boyle, PhD, MS hyg
• Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH
• Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD

Birth Defects

• Michael Cannon, PhD
• John Eichwald, MA
• Alina Flores, MPH
• Cynthia Moore, MD, PhD

Blood Disorders

• Althea Grant, PhD
• Scott Grosse, PhD

Cancer

• Sherri L. Stewart, PhD
• Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH
• Commander Jacqueline W. Miller, MD, FACS
• Marcus Plescia, MD
• Lisa Richardson, MD
• Mona Saraiya, MD, MPH
• Judith Lee Smith, PhD
• Eric Tai, MD, MS
• Hannah K. Weir, PhD, MSc
• Arica White, PhD, MPH

Child Maltreatment Prevention

• Sandra P. Alexander, M. Ed.
• Rebecca T. Leeb, PhD
• Melissa T. Merrick, PhD
• Richard W. Puddy, PhD, MPH

Cholera

• Robert Quick, MD, MPH

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Bob Brewer, MD, MSPH
• Janet Collins, PhD
• Felipe Lobelo, MD, PhD

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Elizabeth R. Unger, PhD, MD

Climate Change

• Ben Beard, PhD

Communications

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

Developmental Disabilities

• Coleen A. Boyle, PhD, MS hyg
• Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH
• Ruth Perou, PhD
• Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD

Diabetes Prevention

• Ann Albright, PhD, RD
• Nilka Rios Burrows, MPH
• Desmond E. Williams, MD, PhD

Disability & Health

• John E. Crews, DPA
• Susanna Visser, MS

Drug Overdoses

• Leonard J. Paulozzi, MD, MPH

Foodborne Disease

• Robert V. Tauxe, MD, MPH

Genomics

• Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD

Global Health

• Deborah Birx, MD
• Kevin M. De Cock, MD, F.R.C.P. (UK), D.T.M.&H

Global Migration and Quarantine

• Commander Francisco Alvarado-Ramy, MD
• Martin Cetron, MD
• Nina Marano, DVM
• Captain Stephen H. Waterman, MD, MPH

Healthcare Associated Infections

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

Healthy Aging

• Lynda Anderson PhD

Healthy Child Development

• Rebecca T. Leeb, PhD
• Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH

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

• Joseph Bresee, MD, FAAP
• Nancy J. Cox, PhD
• Lyn Finelli, DrPH
• Daniel B. Jernigan, MD, MPH
• Stephen C. Redd, MD (RADM)

Immunizations & Respiratory Diseases

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

Infant Mortality

• William Callaghan, MD, MPH
• Stuart K. Shapira, MD, PhD

Injury & Violence Prevention

• Alex E. Crosby, MD, MPH
• Ann M. Dellinger, PhD, MPH
• Commander Julie Gilchrist, MD
• Arlene Greenspan, DrPH, MS, MPH
• Diane Hall, PhD, MSED
• Jeffrey E. Hall, PhD, MSPH
• Richard C. Hunt, MD
• Janet Saul, PhD
• Ruth Shults, PhD, MPH
• Judy A. Stevens, PhD
• Marlena M. Wald, MPH, MLS

Minority Health & Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

• Karen Bouye, PhD
• Wayne H. Giles, MD, MS
• Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
• Ingrid J. Hall, PhD, MPH

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)

Premature Births

• William Callaghan, MD, MPH

Public Health Preparedness

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

Reproductive Health

• William Callaghan, MD, MPH
• Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS
• Stuart K. Shapira, MD, PhD

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Raul A. Romaguera, DMD, MPH

Smoking and Health

• Ralph S. Caraballo, PhD, MPH
• Tim McAfee, MD, MPH
• Terry Pechacek, PhD

State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support

• Judith A. Monroe, MD, FAAFP

Teen Pregnancy

• Taleria R. Fuller, PhD

Tourette's Syndrome

Ruth Perou, PhD

Travelers' Health

• Commander Gary Brunette, MD, MS
• Phyllis Kozarsky, MD

Tuberculosis

• Rear Admiral Kenneth Castro, MD

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Related Disease

• Michael J. Beach, PhD
• Michele Hlavsa, RN, MPH
• Eric Mintz, MD

Women's Health

• Yvonne T. Green, RN, CNM, MSN

Zoonotic, Vector-borne & Enteric Diseases

• Ben Beard, PhD
• Kenneth L. Gage, PhD
• Robert Massung, PhD
• Captain Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, MS
• Roger S. Nasci, PhD
• Stuart T. Nichol, Ph.D
• Lyle R. Petersen, MD, MPH
• Carol Rubin, DVM, MPH
• Ian Williams, PhD, MS
• Sherif R. Zaki, MD, PhD