Staff Bio
Stacy De Jesus, MPH
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
Ms. De Jesus supports the strategic implementation of innovative and high-priority programs, evidence-based practice, and sustainable partnerships for NCCDPHP.
Role at CDC
Ms. De Jesus is the associate director for Public Health Practice for CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, where she supports the strategic implementation of innovative and high-priority programs, evidence-based practice, and sustainable partnerships.
Previous experience
Ms. De Jesus previously led the Islands Program, which supports activities to prevent and control chronic diseases and associated risk factors in the five US territories and three freely associated states.
In 2002, Ms. De Jesus joined the Division of Reproductive Health (DRH), where she spent 13 years before she came to the Office of the Director. While in DRH, she coordinated global maternal and child health activities across CDC, worked on maternal mortality reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti, and provided technical assistance to governments and humanitarian relief organizations to improve reproductive health services for women affected by armed conflict and natural disasters.
Ms. De Jesus was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Dominica and worked with the Ministry of Health on nutrition issues that included breastfeeding, young child feeding, and chronic disease.