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Anthropology and Africa connect at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Denise, an anthropologist with the CDC, responds to an Ebola outbreak in Nov. 2014.

Denise is an anthropologist who has been working at CDC since 2001. From 2001-2003 Denise was an Epidemic Intelligence Surveillance (EIS) officer in the Division of Reproductive Health. Since graduating from the 2-year EIS program, Denise has worked as a behavioral scientist in the Division of HIV/AIDS (2003-2007), the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (2007-2015), and, more recently, the Division of Global Health Protection (2015 to present). 

“My experience as a Peace Corps health volunteer in Gabon was invaluable in that it had a direct impact on my career choice to become a cultural anthropologist working in public health.” - Denise, CDC Anthropologist 

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