Abstract
JEFFREY P. KOPLAN HAS ANnounced his resignation as director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, effective March 31. He has spent 26 years in public service and nearly four years at the helm of CDC. His departure leaves vacant four top health positions at a time when the Bush Administration is focusing on responding to bioterrorism. Under Koplan, CDC has branched out from an agency mainly concerned with infectious diseases to one stressing the prevention of chronic health problems like diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. In the 1970s, he worked to eradicate smallpox in Bangladesh, and in 1984 he assessed the health effects of the methyl isocyanate accident at Union Carbide's Bhopal, India, facility. Koplan and CDC have drawn criticism for their response to last October's anthrax outbreaks and for seemingly not placing enough emphasis on bioterrorism. But Koplan counters that CDC responded swiftly and effectively to the nation's first ...
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