The Epi Logs

A CDC Insider's Story of Saving Lives, Fighting Fear, and Finding Joy
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-1-4214-5671-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

For more than three decades, Anne Schuchat stood at the center of America's response to some of the most urgent public health crises of the modern era. From the anthrax attacks and SARS to the H1N1 influenza, measles, Ebola, vaping-related illnesses, and COVID-19, Schuchat helped guide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through profound moments of fear, uncertainty, and political upheaval. In The Epi Logs, she offers a deeply personal and sharply observed account of life inside one of the world's most influential public health institutions—and a powerful argument for why public service still matters.

Schuchat traces her unlikely path from a young physician treating AIDS patients in New York hospitals to becoming the CDC's principal deputy director and acting director. Along the way, she recounts investigations into deadly outbreaks, tense moments before congressional hearings and White House briefings, and the behind-the-scenes collaborations that saved countless lives. She also reflects on the emotional toll of crisis work, the challenges women faced in scientific leadership, and the growing distrust that reshaped public health during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filled with vivid stories, humor, humility, and hard-earned wisdom, The Epi Logs reveals the human side of epidemiology and government service. At once a memoir, a leadership story, and a portrait of an institution under pressure, this book captures what it means to devote a career to protecting the public in complicated and deeply consequential times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schuchat, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Prologue: an intro to epi and public health
1. Origin story
2. Saving babies
3. Baggage claim
4. Behind the scenes
5. Moving up
6. Taking off
7. Gold standard science
8. Leaning in
9. A pandemic
10. Fighting fears
11. Building the plane while flying it through a storm
12. Speaking up
13. Passages
14. Medical mysteries
15. Another pandemic
16. Agency
Afterword: the Epilogue to the Epilogs
Acknowledgments
Notes
Author Bio

Über Autor(innen)

Schuchat, Anne
Anne Schuchat is a physician, epidemiologist, and former principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she served for more than thirty years, including two terms as acting director.