Deputy Director, Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health (ONDIEH)

Robin M. Ikeda, MD, MPH, is the CDC Deputy Director for Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury, and Environmental Health and the Director of the Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury, and Environmental Health (ONDIEH). In this position, she is responsible for providing leadership and guidance to the CDC′s four noncommunicable disease centers and helps to advance the agency’s cross-cutting non-infectious disease priorities such as mental health, health outcomes associated with marijuana use, and the prevention of non-occupational hearing loss.

Dr. Ikeda began her public health career as a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer assigned to the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control at the New York State Department of Health.  She loved that assignment and public health so much that she moved her family to Atlanta,  where she worked on injury prevention issues such as youth violence, suicide, and motor vehicle crashes at CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC).  Since then, she has held a range of positions at the agency, serving as Associate Director for Science at NCIPC,  Associate Director for Science at CDC’s Epidemiology Program Office, Acting Director for NCIPC, and Acting Director for the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Dr. Ikeda received her B.A. from Stanford University, her M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, and her M.P.H. (Epidemiology) from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and holds the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Public Health Service. Dr. Ikeda lives in Atlanta with her husband and has two daughters in college.