What to Know About Mandy Cohen, President Biden’s CDC Pick

President Biden plans to pick former North Carolina health secretary Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after current director Rochelle Walensky steps down later this month, according to recent reports. Cohen, trained as an internal medicine specialist, has spent the last year at Aledade Health Solutions, a private-sector group focused on improving primary care. Before that, she led North Carolina’s health department for five years, guiding the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the Obama administration, she served as a senior official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, helping implement the Affordable Care Act. Read more from The Messenger here.