Organization




The CDC is organized into "Centers, Institutes, and Offices" (CIOs), with each organizational unit implementing the agency's activities in a particular area of expertise while also providing intra-agency support and resource-sharing for cross-cutting issues and specific health threats. Generally, CDC "Offices" are subdivided into Centers, which in turn are composed of Divisions and Branches. However, the Center for Global Health and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health are freestanding organizational units and do not belong to a parent Office.

As of August 2019, the CIOs are:

  • Director
    • Principal Deputy Director
      • Deputy Director – Public Health Service and Implementation Science
        • Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
        • Center for Global Health
        • Center for Preparedness and Response
        • Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territory Support
      • Deputy Director – Public Health Science and Surveillance
        • Office of Science
        • Office of Laboratory Science and Safety
        • Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
        • National Center for Health Statistics
      • Deputy Director – Non-Infectious Diseases
        • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
        • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
        • National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
        • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
      • Deputy Director – Infectious Diseases
        • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
        • National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (includes the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, which issues quarantine orders)
        • National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
      • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    • Office of the Director
      • Chief of Staff
      • Chief Operating Officer
        • Human Resources Office
        • Office of Financial Resources
        • Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management
        • Office of the Chief Information Officer
      • Chief Medical Officer
      • CDC Washington Office
      • Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
      • Associate Director – Communication
      • Associate Director – Laboratory Science and Safety
      • Associate Director – Policy and Strategy

The Office of Public Health Preparedness was created during the 2001 anthrax attacks shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Its purpose was to coordinate among the government the response to a range of biological terrorism threats.

Locationsedit

Most CDC centers are located in Atlanta. A few of the centers are based in or operate other domestic locations:

  • The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases' Division of Vector-Borne Diseases is based in Fort Collins with a branch in San Juan, and its Arctic Investigations Program is based in Anchorage.
  • The National Center for Health Statistics is primarily located in Hyattsville, with a branch in Research Triangle Park
  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's primary locations are Cincinnati, Morgantown, Pittsburgh, Spokane, and Washington, D.C., with branches in Denver, Anchorage, and Atlanta.
  • The CDC Washington Office is based in Washington, D.C.

In addition, CDC operates quarantine facilities in 20 cities in the U.S.

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