"The Public Health Network Innovation Exchange is expected to bring together the best science, the best tools, and the best minds to advance public health, Newsom said in a statement. By bringing on expert scientific leaders to partner in this launch, we're strengthening collaboration and laying the groundwork for a modern public health infrastructure that will offer trust and stability in scientific data not just across California, but nationally and globally."
"Dr Susan Monarez, the former director of the CDC, will lead California's new public health initiative, the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX). In August, Monarez was fired by the Trump administration less than a month into the top job at the CDC after refusing to step down. Monarez had clashed with Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. on vaccine policy. Newsom also hired former CDC chief medical officer Dr Debra Houry, who resigned after a decade at the agency."
California appointed two prominent former CDC officials to state public health roles to modernize infrastructure and counter federal vaccine skepticism. Dr Susan Monarez will serve as strategic health technology and funding adviser for the new Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX), while Dr Debra Houry will be senior regional and global public health medical adviser. Both left the CDC amid conflicts with the Trump administration and testified to Congress about concerns over Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine agenda. PHNIX will focus on technology development, modernizing information infrastructure, and reforming funding frameworks to strengthen scientific data and public trust.
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