On Sunday, December 6, 2020, news broke that Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Steve and Deborah Gorlin MGH Research Scholar, was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to be the next Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Since then, friends and colleagues across the nation have been voicing their support for Dr. Walensky on Twitter. We share in their joy and thought we’d share some of our favorite messages.
As Chief of the Division, she will be missed, but her colleagues will continue to cheer her on!
Pro tip: Open the whole thread to see happy dances from across the nation!
Colleagues praise Dr. Walensky’s work as a physician, scientist and leader, but also her kindness and compassion:
Organizations who show their support for Dr. Walensky:
Congratulations to Dr. Walensky! She will be missed, but we could not be more proud to have one of our own lead the nation with science. We will continue to cheer her on and we can’t wait to see all she will accomplish.
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