Currently the agency’s acting director, Dr. Monarez would be the first nonphysician to head the agency in more than 50 years.

Susan Monarez, the current acting director of the CDC, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next director of the agency.

President Trump announced Susan Monarez is to be elevated from her role as acting CDC director, after nominee David Weldon was withdrawn earlier this month.

Trump’s nominee for the top CDC role would join the agency at a time of great turmoil and uncertainty for medical research.

President Trump nominates Dr. Susan Monarez for CDC director after withdrawing former nominee, David Weldon. Monarez, previously with the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, has been the ...

Monarez has served as the acting director for the CDC since January and is a longtime federal staffer. USPS Warning Issued as Top Boss Resigns Is It Better to Collect Social Security at 62 or 70 ...

President Trump has nominated Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a Truth Social post, the president described her as an "incredible mother and dedicated ...