The CDC Leaders

Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN

Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN, joined CDC in 2010 as Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Dr. Degutis most recently was Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine and Director of the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness (YCPHP) at the Yale School of Public Health. In addition, she directs the Connecticut Partnership for Public Health Workforce Development, part of the New England Alliance for Workforce Development. Dr. Degutis received her bachelor’s degree from DePaul University and her MSN and DrPH from Yale University. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, serving in the office of the late Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN).

Dr. Degutis’ research interests have centered on issues related to alcohol and injury, with a particular focus on interventions and policy issues. Her work has been funded by the CDC, National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She has experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods and analysis. She is working with others in New England on the development of the New England Injury and Violence Prevention Research Collaborative (NEIVPRC), which brings together injury prevention researchers from various institutions, providing opportunities for collaborative research and educational efforts.

At the Yale School of Public Health, Dr. Degutis has focused on public health workforce education in the area of disaster preparedness, as well as public health systems and services research development, bringing together the practice and research communities. Dr. Degutis has worked with national, state, and local coalitions on various other efforts that impact public health and public policy and has developed and taught programs on moving from research to advocacy. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship Program and is a member of the Executive Board of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. Dr. Degutis is a past president of the American Public Health Association and served two terms as chair of the APHA Executive Board. In addition, she has been active in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, serving on various task forces and workgroups, the most recent being the strategic planning task force. She is also a current member of the Board of Directors of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety.