Julie Gerberding Biography and Photos

Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H. (born August 22, 1955, Estelline, South Dakota), an infectious disease expert, is the previous director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), having assumed the positions on July 3, 2002. Dr. Gerberding resigned effective 20 January 2009. She is regarded as having been a highly controversial director, as indicated below.

Dr. Gerberding has been leading CDC's efforts to prepare for and counter terrorism. Dr. Gerberding is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Emory University and an Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Dr. Gerberding resides in Atlanta with her husband, David, who is a software engineer. Her stepdaughter, Renada, is a law student at the University of Virginia. Dr. Gerberding relaxes by scuba diving, reading on the beach, gardening, and doting on her three cats.