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 Dr. Schuchat graduated from [[Swarthmore College]] and [[Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine]] and completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine at [[New York University]]’s [[Manhattan VA Hospital]]. Dr. Schuchat graduated from [[Swarthmore College]] and [[Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine]] and completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine at [[New York University]]’s [[Manhattan VA Hospital]].
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 ===== Career ===== ===== Career =====
  
 ==== Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ==== ==== Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ====
  
-Schuchat joined [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) as an [[Epidemic Intelligence Service]] officer in 1988. She served as Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch from 1998-2005, and as director of the CDC's [[National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases]] from 2006-2015.+Schuchat joined [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) as an [[Epidemic Intelligence Service]] officer in 1988, first in the Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch of the Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases. She served as Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch from 1998-2005, and as director of the CDC's [[National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases]] from 2006-2015.
  
-Schuchat began working as the Principal Deputy Director of the CDC in September 2015. She served as acting CDC director from January to July 2017 and February to March 2018.((//Principal Deputy Director.// (2019, August 2). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://web.archive.org/web/20200721180326/https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/pdd.html)) She left the agency in May 2021.((Inskeep, S. (2021, June 4). //The CDC’s No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn’t Ready For Another Pandemic.// NPR. https://archive.ph/A6SVe))+Schuchat began working as the Principal Deputy Director of the CDC in September 2015, and as acting Administrator for the [[Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry]]. She served as acting CDC director from January to July 2017 and February to March 2018.((//Principal Deputy Director.// (2019, August 2). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://web.archive.org/web/20200721180326/https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/pdd.html)) She left the agency in May 2021.((Inskeep, S. (2021, June 4). //The CDC’s No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn’t Ready For Another Pandemic.// NPR. https://archive.ph/A6SVe))
  
 Schuchat played key roles in CDC emergency responses including the 2009 [[H1N1]] pandemic influenza response, the 2003 [[SARS]] outbreak in Beijing, and the 2001 bioterrorist [[anthrax]] response. Globally, she has worked on [[meningitis]], [[pneumonia]] and [[Ebola]] vaccine trials in West Africa, and conducted surveillance and prevention projects in [[South Africa]]. Schuchat played key roles in CDC emergency responses including the 2009 [[H1N1]] pandemic influenza response, the 2003 [[SARS]] outbreak in Beijing, and the 2001 bioterrorist [[anthrax]] response. Globally, she has worked on [[meningitis]], [[pneumonia]] and [[Ebola]] vaccine trials in West Africa, and conducted surveillance and prevention projects in [[South Africa]].
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   * //"A key lesson was that cover-ups are not worth it. You may recall the Minister of Health and the Mayor of Beijing were both removed during the SARS epidemic and that being transparent and open with your situation is a lot better."//    * //"A key lesson was that cover-ups are not worth it. You may recall the Minister of Health and the Mayor of Beijing were both removed during the SARS epidemic and that being transparent and open with your situation is a lot better."// 
   * //"Beijing did an incredible job of responding once the political level let them respond. They took over the healthcare system."//   * //"Beijing did an incredible job of responding once the political level let them respond. They took over the healthcare system."//
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 +In June 2021, Schuchat indicated she supported further investigations into the origin of [[SARS-CoV-2]].((Inskeep, S. (2021, June 4). //The CDC’s No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn’t Ready For Another Pandemic.// NPR. https://archive.ph/A6SVe))
  
 ===== Affiliations ===== ===== Affiliations =====
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 +==== American State and Territorial Health Officials ====
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 +Schuchat was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Association of State and Territorial Health Officials]].((//Anne Schuchat ’80.// (2019, September 19). Swarthmore College. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719042453/https://www.swarthmore.edu/board-managers/anne-schuchat%C2%A080))
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 +==== Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention ====
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 +On a severe acute respiratory syndrome ([[SARS]]) assignment in 2003, she headed the Beijing epidemiology team for the [[World Health Organization]]’s [[China]] Office. She later served as a visiting professor for the [[Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention]].((Robinson, R. (2011, August). //Profile: Anne Schuchat.// Hadassah Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065745/http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=twI6LmN7IzF&b=7801745&ct=11195635))
  
 ==== Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ==== ==== Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ====
  
 Schuchat is a member of the board of directors of [[gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]].((//Anne Schuchat.// (2022, January 6). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719001418/https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/anne-schuchat)) Schuchat is a member of the board of directors of [[gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]].((//Anne Schuchat.// (2022, January 6). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719001418/https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/anne-schuchat))
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 +==== National Academy of Medicine ====
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 +Schuchat was elected to the [[National Academy of Medicine]].((//2022 TB Conference.// (2022, March). BC Lung Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719025458/https://bclung.ca/sites/default/files/26th%20Annual%20Conference%20of%20the%20Union-NAR%20_Final%20Program.pdf))
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 +==== Stanford University ====
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 +Schuchat a member of the [[Stanford University]]’s Global Emerging Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee.((//Anne Schuchat.// (2022, January 6). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719001418/https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/anne-schuchat))
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 +==== United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ====
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 +Schuchat is a former Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General in the [[United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps]].((//Anne Schuchat.// (2022, January 6). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719001418/https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/anne-schuchat))
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 +==== World Health Organization ====
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 +She is currently a member of the [[World Health Organization]] [[WHO Health Hazards Advisory Group|Health Hazards Advisory Group]].((//Anne Schuchat.// (2022, January 6). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719001418/https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/anne-schuchat)) She has been a member of the WHO [[Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization]] (SAGE).((//Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) List of Participants.// (2010). World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20220719024800/https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/immunization/sage/sage-past-meeting-documents/final_participant_list_external_nov_2010.pdf?sfvrsn=492ee400_5))
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