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According to CBS News, the Trump administration has selected Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s acting director, to fill the role permanently.
Monarez would replace former Florida Republican Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon, President Trump’s initial nominee to head the agency.
UPDATE: CDC Director Nomination Withdrawn Moments Before Senate Confirmation Hearing
The report follows rumors of former Texas Republican Congressman Dr. Michael Burgess and Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo being considered for the position.
Per CBS News:
Monarez would be named in place of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman whose nomination was withdrawn by the White House earlier this month over concerns that he didn’t have the votes to clear the Senate confirmation process.
An official for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, confirmed Monarez would be nominated. White House spokespeople didn’t immediately comment.
Monarez has apparently beat out others who had been seen as contenders for the role, including former obstetrician-gynecologist and Texas congressman Michael Burgess. Weldon had also floated Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo for the role, calling for him to be at the top of Mr. Trump’s list to replace him as the nominee.
If confirmed, Monarez would be the first head of the CDC to be voted on by senators, under a change passed by Congress in 2022. Previous directors of the agency were able to take the reins soon after they were picked by the president, without undergoing the confirmation process.
Monarez, who was previously deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, has been serving as the CDC’s acting head since January.
President Trump has decided to pick Dr. Susan Monarez to be the new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sources familiar with the decision tell CBS News. https://t.co/pmpyO26Ruh
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 24, 2025
Acting CDC director Susan Monarez tapped as new nominee for agency, White House official says https://t.co/ZCCX8IaOJa
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) March 24, 2025
From the Associated Press:
Earlier this month, the White House withdrew the nomination of Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the CDC. Weldon told the media his nomination was withdrawn because “there were not enough votes to get me confirmed.”
Weldon was closely aligned with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary who for years has been one of the nation’s leading anti-vaccine activists.
The CDC is based in Atlanta and has a $9.2 billion core budget. It was created nearly 80 years ago to prevent the spread of malaria in the U.S. Its mission was later expanded, and it gradually became a global leader on infectious and chronic diseases and a go-to source of health information.