Julie Gerberding, MD

Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), a non-profit organization that builds large public-private-patient biomedical research partnerships in support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mission.

She directed the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2002-2009, leading the agency through more than 40 public health emergencies including SARS, avian influenza, and numerous natural disasters.

Dr. Gerberding is a globally recognized infectious diseases expert whose multi-sector career trajectory spans senior leadership roles in academia as a tenured faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco, government service, President of Merck Vaccines and Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Officer at Merck & Co., Inc. She currently co-chairs the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security. Her board service includes Mayo Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, Research!America, National Health Council, Cerner Corporation, and several biotech companies.

Dr. Gerberding is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the adjunct faculties of the University of California, San Francisco, and Case Western Reserve University. She is the recipient of many honorary degrees, most recently at Baylor College of Medicine, and has received accolades including recognition by TIME magazine as one of the most influential people in America and by Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women listing.