疾病控制与预防中心副主任兼首席医疗官珍妮弗·舒福德博士上任不足五个月，将于下个月离开该机构，一名发言人表示。她的离开是特朗普政府下美国顶级卫生机构领导层动荡的最新一例。该CDC发言人表示，舒福德的最后工作日将是11月12日。在一份由舒福德方面提供的声明中，她说她离开是为了花更多时间陪伴家人。
Less than five months into her tenure as the deputy director and chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Jennifer Shuford will leave the agency next month, a spokesperson said. Her exit is the latest example of the leadership churn that has roiled the country’s top health agencies under the Trump administration. Shuford’s last day will be Nov. 12, the CDC spokesperson said. In a statement provided on Shuford’s behalf, she said she was leaving to spend more time with her family.
“我非常感谢特朗普总统和肯尼迪部长给了我领导CDC的机会。这是一次惊人的经历，我将永远感激，”她说。该发言人表示，负责该机构埃博拉应对工作的萨蒂什·皮莱将担任代理副主任兼首席医疗官，直至CDC找到永久继任者。特朗普总统四月宣布舒福德已获任命担任CDC领导职务，她于六月开始履行双重职务。此前，她曾在新冠疫情期间担任得克萨斯州首席州流行病学家，随后于2022年被任命为得克萨斯州州卫生服务部专员。
“I am so thankful to President Trump and Secretary Kennedy for giving me the opportunity to help lead CDC. It has been an amazing experience and I will be forever grateful for it,” she said. The spokesperson said Satish Pillai, who leads the agency’s Ebola response, will serve as acting deputy director and chief medical officer while the CDC looks for a permanent successor. President Donald Trump announced in April that Shuford had been appointed to CDC leadership, and she started her dual roles in June. Previously, she was Texas’ chief state epidemiologist during the Covid pandemic, then was appointed in 2022 to be commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
在该职位上，她负责监督去年集中在得克萨斯州西部的麻疹疫情应对，该疫情导致超过750例病例和两名学龄儿童死亡。过去一年半以来，CDC失去了多位高层领导人。在卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪二世于2025年8月解雇CDC主任苏珊·莫纳雷兹后，该机构大约一年没有永久主任，而莫纳雷兹上任仅29天。参议院于八月确认了现任主任埃里卡·施瓦茨博士。
In that role, she oversaw the response to the measles outbreak centered in West Texas last year, which led to more than 750 cases and the deaths of two school-age children. The CDC has lost several top leaders over the last year and a half. The agency went without a permanent director for about a year after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired CDC Director Susan Monarez in August 2025, just 29 days into the role. The Senate confirmed the current director, Dr. Erica Schwartz, in August.
二月，CDC首席副主任拉尔夫·亚伯拉罕博士辞职，CDC国家伤害预防与控制中心主任艾莉森·阿瓦迪博士于六月宣布离职。
In February, the CDC’s principal deputy director, Dr. Ralph Abraham, stepped down, and Dr. Allison Arwady, director of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, announced her departure in June.
该机构去年在莫纳雷兹被解雇后也出现了一波离职潮：四名高级官员辞职，其中三人表示担心政治干预疾病控制与预防中心的科学进程。施瓦茨周二早上在一封致员工的电子邮件中宣布了舒福德的离职，该邮件已被NBC新闻查阅。“我对舒福德博士卓越的领导力和对疾病控制与预防中心及公共卫生的承诺深表感激，尤其是在过去几个月里，她在一个异常艰巨、备受关注且不断变化的环境中领航，”施瓦茨写道。
The agency also saw a wave of departures last year after Monarez’s firing: Four senior officials resigned, three of whom cited concerns about political interference in the CDC’s scientific process. Schwartz announced Shuford’s departure in an email to staff Tuesday morning, which was viewed by NBC News. “I am deeply grateful for Dr. Shuford’s outstanding leadership and commitment to CDC and public health, especially as she has navigated an exceptionally demanding, high-profile, and constantly evolving environment over the past several months,” Schwartz wrote.
其他联邦卫生机构今年也经历了重大领导层变动。凯利·米恩斯是肯尼迪“让美国再次健康”运动的核心倡导者，上周辞去了他在卫生与公众服务部的高级顾问职务。马丁·马卡里博士也于5月辞去了食品药品监督管理局局长一职，此前他反对特朗普政府扩大调味电子烟获取途径的举措。同月，食品药品监督管理局疫苗负责人辞职，负责监管非处方药和处方药的食品药品监督管理局部门负责人表示，她已被解雇。
Other federal health agencies have also undergone major leadership shake-ups this year. Calley Means, a central advocate for Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement, resigned last week from his senior adviser role at the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Marty Makary also resigned in May from his role as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration after opposing the Trump administration’s moves to expand access to flavored e-cigarettes. The same month, the FDA’s vaccine chief stepped down, and the leader of the FDA division regulating over-the-counter and prescription drugs said she had been fired.