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The Pivot with Lisa Barrios

UNC Epidemiology Blog

Gillings alum Lisa Barrios is the first director of the Division of Readiness and Response Science at the CDC. What’s your role in public health? I recently became the first director of the Division of Readiness and Response Science in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Readiness and Response.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representing the leaders of health departments serving nearly 61 million Americans, calls on the incoming Administration and Congress to enhance support for local public health systems.

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COVID-19 in 2025: ‘A Constant Threat, but a Manageable One’

BU School of Public Health Blog

March 8, 2025 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the virus has largely receded from public conversation and daily routinesand when it does arise, its often referenced in the past tense. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.