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Retired
Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Charles Rothwell was appointed the seventh Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the Nation’s principal health statistics agency. He retired December 31, 2018 from Federal Service. In 2019 he became a member of a National Academies of Sciences committee to provide recommendations on improving reporting of morbidity and mortality reporting during national emergencies including pandemics. Prior to becoming NCHS Director, Mr. Rothwell was Director of the NCHS Division of Vital Statistics. During his tenure at NCHS, Mr. Rothwell also served as a Legislative Assistant for Senator Lieberman working primarily on health and education issues, worked with the National Science Foundation on NSF’s Digital Government Initiative to build partnerships between academia and Federal statistical agencies, and served as a member of the IT Board of NIST’s Advanced Technology Program. Mr. Rothwell came to NCHS in 1987 as the Associate Director of NCHS responsible for bringing new IT and data dissemination technologies to the agency. In February, 2013, Mr. Rothwell was selected from a field of 62 nominees throughout Federal Government as one of the five Top Leaders in all of Federal Service. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rothwell worked in the State Health Department in North Carolina and founded the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. He also served as an officer in the Marine Corps reaching the rank of Captain. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the 2011 recipient of the Hal Dunn Award in Biostatistics. Mr. Rothwell received his BS in Physics from the Virginia Military Institute, his MS in Operations Research and Systems Analysis from UNC and an MBA from University of Maryland.
Thursday, September 22, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
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