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Contact Media Relations

Main Press Line:(404) 639-3286

Fax:(404) 639-7394


Press Officer Beat List:

Name Centers/Offices
Glen Nowak
(404) 639-3286
Chief, Media Relations
Dave Daigle
(404) 639-3286
Deputy Director, Media Relations
Primary media contact for global health issues and topics
  • Coordinating Office for Global Health (COGH)
  • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD): Global Immunizations Division
Tom Skinner
(404) 639-7851
  • Office of CDC Director (OD), including CDC Director, CDC Buildings and Facilities, CDC Office of Science
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • National Center for Public Health Informatics
Karen Hunter
(404) 639-7277
  • National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM)
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP): Adolescent/school health and physical activity, nutrition and obesity
  • Office of Public Health Genomics
Rhonda Smith
(404) 639-7292
  • Office of the CDC Director (OD): Office of Workforce and Career Development
  • Women’s Health; Minority Health
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP): Diabetes and heart disease/stroke
Curtis Allen
(404) 639-8487
  • Office of the CDC Director (OD): Office of Immunization Safety
  • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD): Division of Viral Diseases; Division of Bacterial Diseases; Influenza Division
Von Roebuck
(404) 639-7284
  • Primary media contact for public health preparedness and response
  • Office of the CDC Director (OD): Public Health Law Program
  • Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Readiness (COTPER)
  • National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID): Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
Fred Blosser
(202) 245-0645
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Bernadette Burden
(404) 639-7288
  • National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Gail Hayes
(770) 488-1406
  • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Shelly Diaz
(404) 639-0378
  • National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID): Division of Emerging Infections and Surveillance Systems: Emerging Infectious Disease Journal; Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ): Quarantine issues; border health; animal importation; travelers’ health; immigrant, refugee and migrant health; arctic investigations; pandemic flu community mitigation measures
Arleen Porcell-Pharr
(404) 639-7285
  • National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID): Division of Laboratory Systems; Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion (DHQP); Division of Scientific Resources; C-difficile, hospital infections, needle safety, antibiotic resistance, MRSA, blood and tissue safety, hand hygiene, laboratory practices and oversight, genomic sequencing, animals in research.
  • National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED): Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases; Division of Parasitic Diseases; Viral hemorrhagic fevers, parasitic/waterborne diseases, malaria, rabies, mad cow disease.
Lola Russell
(404) 639-7916
  • National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED): Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases; Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases; Foodborne diseases, West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease.
Jill Smith
(404) 639-8895
  • National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP): HIV/AIDS Prevention, Intervention Research and Support; HIV/AIDS Prevention, Surveillance and Epi; Viral Hepatitis Prevention; STD Prevention; Tuberculosis Prevention
Courtney Lenard
(404) 639-7368
  • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP): Adult/community health, cancer, smoking and health, oral health, reproductive health
  • Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)

E-Mail:

To send an e-mail to the Division of Media Relations, please use this Media Request link. Please note, this form is intended for reporters, news producers, those writing for news publication and broadcasts, and other people working on news programs or stories. All others seeking CDC information, please call 1-800-311-3435.

Mailing address:

Division of Media Relations
Office of Enterprise Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd NE  MS D-14
Atlanta, GA 30333
U.S.A.


Content Source: Office of Enterprise Communication
Page last modified: March 12, 2008