Staff Bio
Suzanne Gilboa, PhD
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
Read about Suzanne Gilboa, who serves as the Director in the Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders.
Role at CDC
Suzanne is honored to have the opportunity to lead the division that has been her home for her long career at CDC. She has served as the Senior Scientist in the Infant Outcomes Monitoring, Research and Prevention Branch in the Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders since 2018. Before that, she was a staff scientist, and then team lead, in the (now) Birth Defects Monitoring and Research Branch.
Previous experience
Suzanne has focused her surveillance and research work on modifiable risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes including infectious diseases, substance use, chronic medical conditions, medication use, and environmental and occupational hazards and is passionate about leveraging scientific findings for public health action. She completed long-term leadership deployments in the 2016 Zika Virus Response and the COVID-19 response. Suzanne is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Nicaragua, 1997–1999).