CDC's Thomas Frieden--protecting health and reducing costs.

摘要

When Michael Bloomberg was elected Mayor of New York in 2001, he started looking to appoint a new Health Commissioner. The dust from the Sept 11 attacks had barely settled, so when asked which public health issue would require the most Mayoral support, many of the job candidates answered, bioterrorism. Thomas Frieden said, tobacco. He got the job, and after almost 8 years serving as the New York City Health Commissioner, Frieden was, last year, appointed to the US top spot for public health. Barack Obama named him as the 16th Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).