Dr. Rochelle Walensky has been selected to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Credit:	Susan Walsh/AP

Dr. Rochelle Walensky has been selected to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Credit: Susan Walsh/AP

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Get to know Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Biden's CDC director pick

When Dr. Rochelle Walensky began her career at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the mid-1990s, finding ways to take on the HIV/AIDS epidemic was an urgent medical priority. That challenge motivated Walensky to devote her career to the treatment of infectious diseases.