Director
CDC
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
USA
LCLiburd@cdc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Liburd serves as Chief of the Community Health and Program Services Branch within the Division of Adult and Community Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA where she leads a staff of 25 public health practitioners and scientists in providing national leadership and expert consultation in community health promotion and the elimination of health disparities. Of the 19 years Dr. Liburd has worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she spent 12 years in the Division of Diabetes Translation at CDC and is recognized as a national expert in the development of community models for diabetes prevention and control programs in racial and ethnic communities in the continental U.S., as well as in the Pacific Rim. In addition to her years of public health experience at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Liburd has worked at both the local and state levels conducting public health education programs for medically underserved communities. Her recent publications address eliminating health disparities among African Americans with diabetes; job stress among female blue-collar workers; intervening on the social determinants of cardiovascular disease and diabetes; challenges of managing type-2 diabetes among African-American men; and national perspectives on changing priorities and trends in community health promotion