OSH Leadership Announcement
Monday, February 24, 2020
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to make sure that all of you have seen the announcement(below) that Corinne Graffunder, DrPH, MPH, Director, Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) will retire from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 31, 2020. We thank Dr. Graffunder for the exceptional work she has led at OSH, especially in the areas of cessation and quitlines. The RFI on Cessation, Year of Cessation and new Surgeon General’s Report on Tobacco Cessation have brought visibility to cessation and quitlines, and have helped us to move forward on our mission. We wish her well in her future endeavors!
Regards,
Linda Bailey and NAQC Staff
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Dear Colleagues,
Corinne Graffunder, DrPH, MPH, Director, Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) will retire from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 31, 2020.
Dr. Graffunder joined the CDC in 1987 and has worked for over 32 years to advance global, national, state and local public health efforts.
During her federal career, Dr. Graffunder held leadership positions in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and CDC’s Office of the Director, where she served as the Deputy Associate Director for Policy. She worked with the U.S. Surgeon General and the National Prevention Council, leading the development of the first ever National Prevention Strategy: America’s Plan for Better Health and Wellness. She also worked to strengthen collaboration between public health, health care, and other sectors playing a key role in advancing CDC’s population health priorities.
Dr. Graffunder first joined the Office on Smoking and Health in 1990 working to lay the foundation for today’s National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP). In 2015, she returned to OSH as the Division Director and the following year oversaw the release of the first Surgeon General’s report on e-cigarettes, E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults.
In 2019, Dr Graffunder spearheaded OSH’s Year of Cessation to bring attention to the critical role of cessation as part of a CDC’s comprehensive approach to reducing tobacco use. In January 2020, she oversaw the release of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General, the 34th Surgeon General’s Report on tobacco.
Under her leadership, OSH expanded the reach, reporting and use of its domestic and global tobacco surveillance data; extended and amplified the message of the Tips From Former Smokers® campaign; and assisted state and local tobacco control efforts to address persistent tobacco-use disparities and epidemic rates of e-cigarette use among youth and young adults. Most recently, she played a critical role in guiding OSH’s efforts in response to the national e-cigarette, or vaping, product-use associated lung injury (EVALI) outbreak.
Upon Dr. Graffunder’s retirement, Dr. Letitia Presley-Cantrell, Chief, Program Development and Services Branch, Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, will serve as Acting Director, OSH.
CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health
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