Acting CDC director, a top deputy to RFK Jr. at HHS, leaves Trump administration
The second in command at the Department of Health and Human Services is leaving his post as part of a shake-up in personnel ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. HHS Deputy Secretary and Acting ...
STAT
Exit of CDC’s acting director highlights agency’s lack of leader
For 28 days last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had a director who had been confirmed by the Senate. But in less time than it took Susan Monarez to get approved, she was fired ...
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.
National Institutes of Health faces leadership vacuum as director positions sit open
More than half of the National Institutes of Health's 27 institutes and centers are missing permanent directors, giving the Trump administration an unusual opportunity to reshape NIH.
Susan Monarez
Susan Monarez was fired in August 2025 as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a move that drew attention amid broader debates over the direction of federal health policy ...