Trump Team Taps Bird Flu Expert to Lead Pandemic Response Unit
- Gerald Parker has decades of experience in global health
- Veterinarian has briefed Congress on US bird flu outbreak
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The Trump administration has chosen Gerald Parker, a veterinarian and former top US health and security official, to lead the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Parker’s career includes more than three decades in the federal government focusing on global health, national security and pandemic preparedness. He will serve as director of the office, which was established by Congress in 2022 as the Covid-19 pandemic began to abate, according to the people, who asked not to be named as the details aren’t yet public.