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Latest revision as of 21:34, 25 October 2025
Wanda D. Barfield is an American paediatrician and the Director of the Division of Reproductive Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. She is Assistant Surgeon General in the United States Public Health Service. Barfield works to improve healthcare provided to women and infants. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2025.
Early life and education
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Barfield earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Irvine.[1] She studied medicine and public health at Harvard University.[2] She was a paediatric resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She served as a Rear Admiral in the United States Public Health Service.[3]
Research and career
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Barfield worked in the Madigan Army Medical Center, where she directed the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.[1] She joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2000. Her work considered neo- and perinatal health. She was promoted to Division Director in 2010. She is Director of the CDC Division of Reproductive Health, where she looks to improve the healthcare provided to women and infants. She studied how opioids, natural disasters and COVID-19 impacted pregnant and postpartum women.[3][4] Barfield initiated a programme called “Hear her”, which supports Black women in accessing reproductive healthcare.[5]
Barfield was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2025.[6]
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