In this episode we meet internationally renowned infectious disease specialist, Dr. Julie Gerberding, and profile her life from young HIV doc in San Francisco, to the head of the CDC, and onto the pharmaceutical company Merck, where she most recently Chief Patient Officer. Another new chapter of her life begins as she was recently announced as the new CEO of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. 

This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions, nonprofits, and innovative tech, biotech and pharmaceutical companies -- all committed to advancing global health equity and #innovation.

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https://www.bayareaglobalhealth.org 

https://www.merck.com

https://www.cdc.gov

https://bayareaglobalhealth.org/alliance-for-advancing-health-online

https://www.fnih.org/

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