Introductions and the CDC

course- managerial epidemiology 

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Introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background. Explain how you expect this course will help you move forward in your current or future career.

Next, go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDCLinks to an external site. website and review the mission, vision, and major responsibilities of the CDC. Based on what you have learned about epidemiology this week and your research into the CDC, answer the following questions:

• What are some of the things that you might expect the CDC to do on a regular basis related to epidemiology?
• What do you think are some of the major challenges facing the CDC? Provide a rationale for your answers.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.