Rochelle Walensky, M.D.


Physician Investigator (NonCl)
Infectious Disease, Mass General Research Institute
Member of the Faculty of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Steve and Deborah Gorlin MGH Research Scholar 2015-2020
Mass General Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital

Research Interests

aids serodiagnosis; anti-hiv agents; anti-retroviral agents; coronavirus; cost-benefit analysis; covid-19; hiv; hiv care compliance; hiv infections; mass screening; monte carlo modeling

Research Narrative

Dr. Walensky, the former chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, was named the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She started her new role on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. We have no ability to contact Dr. Walensky at the CDC. The CDC may be reached at their website: cdc.gov.