{"id":514,"date":"2022-07-07T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepdive.tips\/?p=514"},"modified":"2022-07-08T12:48:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T12:48:34","slug":"reflections-on-37-years-at-the-cdc-and-the-covid-response-with-daniel-pollock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepdive.tips\/index.php\/2022\/07\/07\/reflections-on-37-years-at-the-cdc-and-the-covid-response-with-daniel-pollock\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on 37 Years at the CDC (and the COVID Response) with Daniel Pollock (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23667239\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/777e87\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second part of our recent discussion with Daniel Pollack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel retired from the Centers for Disease&nbsp;Control and Prevention\n(CDC) in 2021 after a 37-year career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last time on <a href=\"https:\/\/deepdive.tips\/index.php\/2022\/06\/25\/building-national-surveillance-networks-with-daniel-pollock\/\">episode 37<\/a> we spoke with Dr. Pollock about his career path at CDC, the launching of the National Healthcare Safety Network, and lessons learned from designing the Antimicrobial Use and Resistance data collection and measurement programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, on episode 38 Dan reflects on his 37-year career at CDC,&nbsp;the COVID response, and how we can most accurately and effectively record the history of COVID for the benefit of future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links and Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Part 1 of our discussion: <a href=\"https:\/\/deepdive.tips\/index.php\/2022\/06\/25\/building-national-surveillance-networks-with-daniel-pollock\/\">Building National Surveillance Networks with Daniel Pollock<\/a><\/li><li>A commentary that Dr. Pollock wrote about COVID-19 was published by Emory University\u2019s online&nbsp;journal&nbsp;<em>Southern&nbsp;Spaces<\/em>&nbsp;in April 2022:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/southernspaces.org\/2022\/covid-19-lessons-ignorance\">https:\/\/southernspaces.org\/2022\/covid-19-lessons-ignorance<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Daniel Pollock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/deepdive.tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Daniel-Pollock.png\" alt=\"Daniel Pollock\" class=\"wp-image-509\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel Pollock retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2021 after a 37-year career during which he worked as a medical epidemiologist in the agency\u2019s infectious diseases, informatics, injury prevention, and environmental health programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2004 \u2013 2021, Dr. Pollock led the CDC unit responsible for national surveillance of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use and resistance. 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