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Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, is a physician-scientist, and public health leader who served as the 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021–2023), Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (2012–2021; 2025–present), and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts... Read More →

Tiziana Dearing is the host of WBUR’s Morning Edition.

Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news from around the corner and around the world, Tiziana hosted Radio Boston, WBUR’s daily local magazine, for five years.

Tiziana came to journalism after a career that spanned academia, nonprofits and for-profit management consulting. She taught graduate students at the Boston College School of Social Work and chaired its program in Social Innovation and Leadership. Tiziana ran a start-up foundation... Read More →