Staff Bio
Jennifer Wiltz, MD, MPH, FAAP, FAHA
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Dr. Wiltz works to advance public health science and strengthen links between health care and public health in her roles as acting director of the Office of Medicine and Science and the center's acting medical director.
Role at CDC
CAPT Jennifer Wiltz is the acting director of the Office of Medicine and Science of CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) and the center's acting medical director. In these roles, she works to advance public health science and strengthen links between health care and public health.
Previous experience
CAPT Wiltz has served CDC for 14 years, most recently as the center's deputy medical director. She is a board-certified pediatrician and medical responder for CDC and US Public Health Service (USPHS), and a leader in government and with external partners improving population health.
CAPT Wiltz serves on the HHS Data Council and CDC's Information Technology and Data Governance Board and is the USPHS liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Uniformed Services; CDC liaison to American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth Committee; and CDC liaison to the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Advisory Panel and the PCORnet National Stakeholder Group.
Among her numerous public health leadership roles, CAPT Wiltz has served as the White House data fellow writing the first Federal Data Strategy for the US President's Management Agenda, senior advisor for data policy in the CDC Office of Science, director of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program, and fellow at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in 2009, CAPT Wiltz completed her academic pediatric fellowship at Golisano Children's Hospital in Rochester, New York, where she also served on the pediatric faculty.