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title: "4 Julie Gerberding Quotes"
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# Julie Gerberding

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Julie Louise Gerberding is an American infectious disease expert who was the first woman to serve as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of May 2022, she is the CEO of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH). Gerberding grew up in Estelli

##  Quotes by Julie Gerberding

> [People just don't know that you can have colon cancer and be completely asymptomatic and healthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-gerberding/people-just-don-t-know-that-you-can-have-colon-cancer-and-be/)

[Julie Gerberding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-gerberding/)

[Cancer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/julie-gerberding-65859_cancer_people-just-don-t-know-that-you-can-have_1796451.jpg)

> [Everybody has a colon. Everyone over 50 needs to get their colon checked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-gerberding/everybody-has-a-colon-everyone-over-50-needs-to-get-their-colon/)

[Julie Gerberding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-gerberding/)

[Colon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/julie-gerberding-65859_needs_everybody-has-a-colon-everyone-over-50-n_1931675.jpg)

> [There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-gerberding/there-is-no-firm-dividing-line-between-what-is-an-epidemic-and-what/)

[Julie Gerberding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-gerberding/)

[Activity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/julie-gerberding-65859_activity_there-is-no-firm-dividing-line-between-w_2109998.jpg)

> [If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-gerberding/if-we-do-the-kind-of-common-sense-public-health-measures-we-know-work/)

[Julie Gerberding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-gerberding/)

[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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