CFS Leadership Change at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
February 3, 2010
Dr. William C. Reeves will be leaving his post as head of the CFS program at CDC as of Feb. 14th to accept assignment as Senior Advisor for Mental Health Surveillance in the Public Health Surveillance Program Office. Dr. Elizabeth Unger will serve as Acting Chief, Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, which includes the CFS program.
I believe that the leadership change effort of the IACFS/ME over the past several months was critical to this successful outcome. In particular, strong and compelling testimony from a number ofhigh profile CFS professionals, including several IACFS/ME board members, at the CFS Advisory Committee meeting in Washington, DC (Oct., 2009) played an important role in publicly airing the long-standing problems with the CDC program. The success of this effort shows that the CFS community can help to shape and move forward a scientific agenda that confers to CFS the recognition that it.
truly deserves.
Best regards,
Fred
Fred Friedberg, PhD
President
IACFS/ME
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