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Susan Monarez: “I was very, very fortunate to be placed in BARDA when BARDA…”

Featuring: Susan Monarez, Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | National

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Drs. Susan Monarez & Eric Topol: Former CDC Director, First Live Interview

Published | Video Starts at 06:50

… scientists that joined the federal government and they bring that technical depth and complexity and then they go and help to support policy and science in the federal government. And I was very, very fortunate to be placed in BARDA when BARDA was just standing up. So the Bio Development Authority just, it was a brand new agency. I think there were seven people on the floor. I mean, it was tiny at the time. (06:50–06:56)

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