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Dr. Christopher Jones

CAPT, US Public Health Service, Associate Director, Office of Strategy and Innovation, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

About Dr. Christopher Jones

Dr. Christopher Jones currently serves as a Senior Advisor and is the Associate Director in the Office of Strategy and Innovation in the CDC Injury Center, where he provides strategic policy and scientific direction and coordination on a broad range of injury and violence topics including drug overdose, suicide, and adverse childhood experiences. Prior to joining CDC, Dr. Jones was the Director of the National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. He has served in leadership roles in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at HHS and in the Office of the Commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, among other assignments as a U.S. Public Health Service commissioned corps officer.