Director, Global Immunization Division

Role at CDC

Dr. Vertefeuille leads the programmatic direction of CDC's global immunization portfolio. Dr. Vertefeuille is the CDC representative on the Strategy Committee within the interagency Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

Previous experience

Dr. Vertefeuille served as the Global Immunization Division's Polio Eradication Branch Chief and the CDC Polio Emergency Response Incident Manager between 2015 and 2022. From 2011 to 2013, he served as CDC's Haiti Country Director. In this role, he focused on expanding access to HIV services and rebuilding the public health infrastructure following the 2010 earthquake and subsequent cholera outbreak.

He served as the CDC Nigeria country director and CDC Tanzania country director from 2004 to 2011. In those roles, he managed portfolios which included HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. He oversaw the establishment of Field Epidemiology Training Programs and expanded national public health laboratory capacity. Dr. Vertefeuille has led and participated in many CDC outbreak responses, including Ebola, cholera, H5N1 and H1N1 influenza, and polio amongst others.

Areas of expertise

Between 2002 and 2005, Dr. Vertefeuille was a Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology with the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. He also served as an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he focused on HIV in low-resource environments.

Education

Dr. Vertefeuille earned a PhD and MHS in Epidemiology, Molecular Microbiology, and Immunology from the John Hopkins University.