Dr. Céline Gounder

I am a board-certified internist, infectious disease specialist, epidemiologist, and medical journalist. I'm a CBS News medical correspondent and the Editor-at-Large for Public Health at KFF Health News.

I'm also a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at NYU's Grossman School of Medicine and care for patients at Bellevue Hospital Center.

My career has spanned global health emergencies — from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and research on TB/HIV control measures in southern Africa and Brazil to serving on the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board and as Assistant Commissioner of Health for TB at the NYC Department of Health.

I am an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Council on Foreign Relations.

I trained at Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Washington, and Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital.

Read more about me here: https://www.celinegounder.com/about

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