to the far left is jennifer mcquiston. jennifer is a dbm by training. has investigated some exotic tests associated with monkeypox outbreaks. more somberly in 9/11, part of the cdc advance team to monitor possible bioterrorism. flanking these officers is their boss. cdcis the director of the and we are honored to have him with us tonight. sort ofrom new york, the capital of new england. i think of tom not so much as the director of the cdc but the commissioner of health where he was heroic working with mayor bloomberg in almost eliminating smoking in that city if you can believe it. he also drove down and almost eliminated trans fat in their diet of most new york residents. and eliminated: cancer screening disparities among his many .istinctions he is here as director of the cdc and will moderate the panel. they will moderate the panel, asking questions of his colleagues for about 35 minutes and then we will open it up to and heask them questions will field those from his chair. we will have about 25 minutes of questions and at 8:30 p.m. we will a you g