Susan Monarez
American microbiologist and public health official (born 1974)
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- She served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first in an acting capacity from January to March 2025, and then as a confirmed position for under a month from July to August 2025.
- She then served in several U.
- Department of Homeland Security, and later as Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
- According to Monarez, her father was a dairy farmer who had to sell his farm after a disease outbreak in his herd and later became a police officer, while her mother worked in various factory and clerical jobs and as a librarian.
- in microbiology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and then her Ph.
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WikipediaSusan Patricia Coller Monarez (née Coller; born November 6, 1974) is an American microbiologist and public health official serving as the Strategic Health Technology and Funding Advisor for the California Department of Public Health initiative known as the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange. She served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first in an acting capacity from January to March 2025, and then as a confirmed position for under a month from July to August 2025.
Monarez's early career was as an academic microbiologist. She then served in several U.S. government positions as a science administrator, including at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and later as Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
Monarez grew up in rural Wisconsin. According to Monarez, her father was a dairy farmer who had to sell his farm after a disease outbreak in his herd and later became a police officer, while her mother worked in various factory and clerical jobs and as a librarian.
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