How to save millions of lives—including your own—with global health leader and former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden.
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President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. Former CDC Director and New York City health commissioner. Focused on partnering with communities around the world to save lives.
Sandro Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, author, and the Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the Bursky School of Public Health at Washington University in St Louis
I'm so glad you're here. My name is Jessica Malaty Rivera. I'm an infectious disease epidemiologist, infodemiologist, science communicator, and mama of 3 young kiddos. I started this Substack to help make science and public health make sense.
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