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Deputy Chief, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, United States
Brett W. Petersen is a Captain in the United States Public Health Service and currently serves as the Deputy Branch Chief for CDC’s Poxvirus and Rabies Branch. He began his career at CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer with the rabies team where he participated in multiple outbreak responses and field investigations involving rabies virus and other pathogens. His primary areas of expertise include poxviruses, rabies, medical epidemiology, medical countermeasures, and public health emergency response. Among other accomplishments, Dr. Petersen led the development of national recommendations for the use smallpox vaccine in an emergency as well as for people at risk for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses as the lead for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) smallpox vaccine working group. He continues to participate in outbreak responses including leading the Clinical Task Force for the 2022 Multi-National Monkeypox Response, leading a COVID19 Response Assistance Field Team in 2020, serving as the Deputy Incident Manager for CDC’s response to Zika in 2016-2017, and deploying to Liberia to assist with the Ebola response in 2014.
Prior to joining CDC, Dr. Petersen received his Bachelor of Science from the University of California, San Diego, his Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan. He completed his medical training at the University of California San Diego Medical Center and is board certified in internal medicine.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
1:30 PM – 3:15 PM US ET
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
2:10 PM – 2:30 PM US ET