CDC Deputy Director Dr. Jennifer Shuford on Tuesday announced that she will be departing her role on November 12.

in April announced new leadership for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In April, the President nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz as the new CDC Director, Sean Slovenski as the CDC Deputy Director and Dr. Jennifer Shuford as the CDC Deputy Director.

Dr. Schwartz was confirmed by the Senate over the summer.

The Hill reported:

Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) deputy director and chief medical officer, is leaving the agency after just four months on the job.

Shuford, an infectious disease physician, was a former Texas health commissioner. She was appointed in April as part of a leadership team to support director Erica Schwartz, along with Sean Slovenski as CDC’s chief operating officer.

Shuford will stay on until just after the midterm elections. Her last day at CDC will be Nov. 12, the agency said.

“I am leaving to spend more time with my family. I am so thankful to President Trump and Secretary Kennedy for giving me the opportunity to help lead CDC. It has been an amazing experience and I will be forever grateful for it,” Shuford said in a statement.

Satish Pillai, a career public health official, will serve as the agency’s acting deputy director and chief medical officer while the CDC looks for a permanent replacement. CDC said it will “initiate the process of identifying a permanent successor in the near future.”

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