Demetre Daskalakis
Demetre Daskalakis | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Coordinator of the White House National Monkeypox Response Team | |
| Assumed office August 2, 2022 | |
| Leader | Robert Fenton |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 or 1973 (age 51–52) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BS) New York University (MD) Harvard University (MPH) |
Demetre C. Daskalakis (born 1972/1973) is an American physician and gay health activist serving as director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), and former director of the Division of HIV Prevention in the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. During the administration of Joe Biden, he was appointed deputy coordinator of the White House's mpox response to the 2022–2023 outbreak of the disease.