GDDER - Frederick J. Angulo, DVM, PhD

Dr. Fred Angulo serves as the Chief of the Global Disease Detection Branch in the Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Center for Global Health, at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA. 

Dr. Angulo began his career at CDC as an EIS Officer in the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch (FDDB) in 1993. After EIS, he remained in FDDB for 16 years serving in numerous leadership positions, including team lead of various teams and Deputy Branch Chief. While in FDDB, he led the establishment of several national and international surveillance efforts including the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), and the WHO Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN).

Dr. Angulo earned a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California-Los Angeles and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of California-Davis. He served in the United States Army with duty in Notrh Carolina, Maryland, Italy, and Beligum, and retired from the USPHS Commissioned Corps as a CAPT in 2009. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and holds an adjunct faculty appointment with the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. He is the author or co-author of over 150 manuscripts, chapters, or letters in the medical literature and has served on over 30 national advisory committees, interagency working groups, and WHO expert consultations.