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As
many of you know, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) has been taking steps to further strengthen the nation's
immunization program. One critical decision that has been
made is to relocate the immunization safety activities from
CDC’s National Immunization Program to CDC’s Office
of the Chief Science Officer (OCSO), which Dr. Julie Gerberding,
Director of CDC, announced at the recent National Immunization
Conference in Washington, D.C. In early April, CDC notified
Congress of this decision, and on April 21, the 15-day congressional
notification period ended, making the relocation of the immunization
safety activities to OCSO official. We wanted to share with
you some important information now that this transition period
is over:
- The
new name of the office will be the Immunization Safety Office
(ISO).
- Dr.
Frank DeStefano will continue to serve as Acting Director
of the ISO until the selection of a permanent director,
conducted via national search, is completed. This position
reports directly to Dr. Dixie Snider, CDC’s Chief
Science Officer.
- The
ISB Relocation Question
and Answer page might be helpful in the event that you
or your organization receive inquiries from the public and
others.
- For
more information about the Office of the Chief Science Officer,
you can visit the following website http://www.cdc.gov/od/ads
CDC
is committed to building a more robust immunization safety
activity with the goal of sustaining confidence through continued
scientific quality, objectivity and transparency of CDC’s
immunization recommendations. Therefore we want to assure
you that collaboration between the National Immunization Program
and the Office of the Chief Science Officer’s ISO on
these important immunization safety issues will continue.
Should
you have any questions and/or concerns, please feel free to
contact Brooke Barry at 404-639-7404 or Cathy Spruill at 404-639-7259.
Thank you for your continued support and patience during this
process.
Sincerely,
Dixie
Snider, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Chief
Science Officer
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
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