Susan Monarez

Susan Patricia Coller Monarez (born in 1974) is a microbiologist and disease researcher. Her work included finding the cure for African sleeping sickness and toxoplasmosis. Her father was a police officer, and her mother was a librarian.

Her Government career started in 2014 and ended in August 2025. It is not yet sure, who is going to be replace her as the next CDC director.

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Category:1974 births
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Category:American microbiologists
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:Directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Category:Scientists from Madison, Wisconsin