"Robert Redfield, an HIV/AIDS researcher and clinician who has weathered his share of controversies over his long career, will soon become the next director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“Dr. Redfield’s scientific and clinical background is peerless,” said Alex Azar, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CDC’s parent agency, in a press release issued today announcing the appointment.

Redfield co-founded the University of Maryland’s Institute of Human Virology (IHV) in Baltimore, Maryland, which opened its doors in 1996. His most recent work has focused on helping improve HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts in both Baltimore and several sub-Saharan African countries (through funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief). He previously spent 20 years in the U.S. Army’s Medical Corps, heading its department of retroviral research."

Jon Cohen reports for Science Magazine March 21, 2018. [2]

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