hired as director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late last year. His first weeks on the job coincided with a frightening transition of presidential leadership, an insurrection at the U.S.
Capitol, and devastating numbers of COVID deaths in the nation — typically between 2,000 and 4,000 fatalities a day.But Daskalakis, one of the most visible government officials overseeing HIV policy, does not sound panicked or overwhelmed in a recent conversation with Plus.“It’s a great time to land,” Daskalakis says. “We’re at a crossroads of strategy and implementation.
Leading CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention is my dream job. I believe that everything I’ve done in my career has been leading.