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Trump Team Taps New Acting CDC Director
NIH chief Jay Bhattacharya to temporarily take the helm of an agency in turmoil ...
Trump NIH director Jay Bhattacharya to take over at CDC
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will also serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a week of shake-ups in the Trump administration’s ...
BioSpace
CDC Left Leaderless Again After Acting Director Departs HHS
Jim O'Neill was deputy secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services and also acting director of the CDC after the abrupt ouster of Susan Monarez in August 2025.
Opinion
NIH director reportedly being tapped as acting CDC director
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya may serve as acting CDC head amid an HHS shake-up and Trump’s search for a permanent pick. Read more here.
Becker's Hospital Review
NIH director named acting CDC chief amid leadership shake-ups
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, director of the National Institutes of Health, has been appointed acting director of the CDC, effective Feb. 18, an administration official confirmed to Becker’s. He will lead ...
NIH’s Bhattacharya will also run the CDC while Trump administration looks for a permanent director
Bhattacharya will be the third leader of the embattled CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, during President Donald ...
N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
KSL
NIH director Bhattacharya to temporarily run CDC
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya was named acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...