Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Amara Fazal is an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer at the CDC’s International Infection Control Branch within the DIvision of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Her work centers around efforts to strengthen antimicrobial resistance surveillance and infection prevention and control activities in Ethiopia, and responding to outbreaks of healthcare associated infections domestically and internationally.
Prior to her work at the CDC, Amara trained in internal medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her MD at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and her BA in Economics at the University of Florida with a focus on international development and humanitarian assistance. Amara served at the American Red Cross responding to natural disasters and improving community disaster preparedness through the AmeriCorps program.
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