Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky will leave her post at the end of June, the agency announced on Friday, after a controversial two years of leading the agency during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The announcement of her departure comes a week before the Biden administration is set to wind down the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11.
“The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency marks a tremendous transition for our country, for public health, and in my tenure as CDC Director,” Walensky said in a statement. “I took on this role, at your request, with the goal of leaving behind the dark days of the pandemic and moving CDC — and public health — forward into a much better and more trusted place.”
