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Senate Panel Advances Susan Monarez to Full Senate Vote for CDC Director

The party-line approval is the first under a 2023 law requiring Senate confirmation of CDC chiefs.

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Susan Monarez, nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during her confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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Overview

  • The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 12-11 along party lines to advance Monarez’s nomination to the full Senate.
  • President Trump tapped Monarez in March following the withdrawal of David Weldon and she has led the agency as acting director since January.
  • If confirmed, she would be the first non-physician CDC director in more than 50 years and the first to face Senate approval under new accountability rules.
  • Monarez holds a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology and previously served as deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
  • Her ascent follows months of CDC turmoil that have included staff reductions, the departure of senior officials and an overhaul of vaccine advisory processes by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.