Donald Trump announcedThursday that he's nominating Dr. Erica Schwartz to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
#Schwartz, who served as Trump's deputy surgeon general during his first term,
is a Coast Guard rear admiral.
She received her medical degree from Brown University and also holds a law degree from the University of Maryland.
She currently serves as the Coast Guard's director of health, safety and work-life, overseeing the branch's system of 41 clinics and 150 sick bays, among other responsibilities.
She has also instituted anthrax and smallpox vaccination policies, overseen disaster responses and responded to the Ebola crisis.
Last year, then-CDC director Susan #Monarez was ousted from her job less than a month after the Senate confirmed her.
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay #Bhattacharya has been serving as acting CDC director since then.
Trump also said he's naming
Sean #Slovenski to be CDC deputy director and chief operating officer,
and Dr. Jennifer #Shuford to be CDC deputy director and chief medical officer.
Dr. Sara #Brenner will also be Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s senior counselor for public health, Trump said.
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