Tom Frieden's New Venture Combines 2 Disparate Health Threats
The former head of the Centers for Disease Control has $225 million for his global health group Resolve, which will aim to prevent stroke and cardiovascular disease as well as epidemics.
Dr. Tom Frieden, who led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017, has a brand-new job as head of a brand-new global health initiative called Resolve.
At CDC, Frieden faced such global threats as the Ebola epidemic and the H1N1 flu pandemic. As a political appointee, he submitted his resignation to President Trump in January. Prior to his CDC stint, Frieden was Commissioner of Health for New York City under then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Frieden ran an that reduced the city's smoking rate
