Briefing and Q&A Regarding the Effects of the FY2026 Budget on CDC Programs
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Contact: CDCAlumniAndFriends@gmail.com
CDC Alumni and Friends* will host a media briefing about the FY 2026 budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fired But Fighting will share its CDC Data Project budget dashboard and data highlighting the cuts to CDC programs that will devastate public health. Additional panelists/subject matter experts will explain details on the proposed cuts and the impact these will have on national and state levels. Note: This is not the "Big, Beautiful Bill" but a concurrent budgetary process that will determine the FY 2026 budget for a wide array of federal agencies and programs, including HHS.
The briefing will include 25 minutes for media participants to ask questions of the panelists.
PANELISTES
Kevin Griffis, Moderator; former Director of CDC’s Office of Communications
Abby Tighe, Fired but Fighting
Brian King, Ph.D., M.P.H., Executive Vice President of U.S. Programs, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; former Director of FDA's Center for Tobacco Products; former Deputy Director for Research Translation in CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health
Jim Mercy, PhD, former Director, Division of Violence Prevention in CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
John Brooks, M.D., former Chief Medical Officer for CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention; former Chief Medical Officer for CDC’s emergency responses to Covid-19 and Mpox
Thomas Farley, M.D., M.P.H., former Principal Senior Deputy Director for the Washington, D.C. Department of Health; former Commissioner of Health for the City of Philadelphia; former Commissioner of Health for New York City
WHEN
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET
WHERE
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82819187330
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