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Matthew Wise, MPH, PhDMatthew Wise, MPH, Ph.D.

Deputy Chief for Outbreak Response
CDC

Matthew Wise is currently serving as the Deputy Branch Chief for Outbreak Response in CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. His group is responsible for coordinating epidemiologic investigations into complex, multistate foodborne and zoonotic outbreaks caused by Salmonella, Shigatoxin producing E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and other pathogens. He joined CDC in 2008 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer assigned to the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. He has a PhD in epidemiology from the University of California at Los Angeles and completed his undergraduate degree at Pomona College where he studied social and behavioral determinants of health.