Daniel Jernigan

Daniel B. Jernigan is an American physician, public health leader, and retired Captain with the United States Public Health Service. Jernigan is known for his work in infectious disease detection, outbreak readiness and response, and public health surveillance. He served thirty-one years at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in leadership roles including director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), CDC deputy director for public h