Staff Bio
CAPT Djenaba Joseph, MD, MPH
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Dr. Joseph provides leadership and direction for all scientific, policy, and programmatic issues related to four cancer prevention programs.
Role at CDC
CAPT Djenaba Joseph, MD, MPH, is the acting director of CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC). She is responsible for providing leadership and direction for all scientific, policy, and programmatic issues related to four foundational programs: the Colorectal Cancer Control Program, the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, and the National Program of Cancer Registries. She oversees a well-developed research agenda that includes the national Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network.
Previous experience
Dr. Joseph was previously the branch chief of DCPC's Program Services Branch. She is a board-certified doctor in internal medicine and a captain in the U.S. Public Health Service. She served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in DCPC from 2005 to 2007 and was the medical director of the Colorectal Cancer Control Program from 2009 to 2021. She was the chief medical officer at the Arcadia Community Based Outpatient Clinic in the Atlanta VA Medical System before coming back to CDC in 2022.
Most recently Dr. Joseph was the Branch Chief of the Program Services Branch in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control where she oversaw the management of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and the Colorectal Cancer Control Program.