Centers For Disease Control and Prevention - Organizational Restructuring

Organizational Restructuring

On April 21, 2005, the then-director of CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding, formally announced the reorganization of CDC to "confront the challenges of 21st-century health threats". The four Coordinating Centers—established under the G. W. Bush Administration and Gerberding—"diminished the influence of national centers under umbrella" and were ordered cut under the Obama Administration and Frieden in 2009.