President Donald Trump will nominate Dr. Susan Monarez, the acting director of the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to the job, a White House official confirmed Monday.
Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of his first pick, David Weldon, earlier this month.
Monarez has been serving as the CDC’s acting director since January. She came from another federal government agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
In a social media post, Trump said that Monarez will work closely with his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“As an incredible mother and dedicated public servant, Dr. Monarez understands the importance of protecting our children, our communities, and our future,” Trump said in the post on Monday afternoon. “Americans have lost confidence in the CDC due to political bias and disastrous mismanagement.”
