Editor’s note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health who spearheaded the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, was fired on Friday by Mayor Brandon Johnson, the mayor’s office said. Alongside former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Arwady was a driver of the city’s COVID…
“We have different views of public health, so no, she will not stay on in my administration,” he said during a March mayoral forum hosted by WBEZ. with WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel.
A graduate of medical school at Yale University, Arwady received a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree in public health from Columbia University. “I love Chicago. This is the longest I’ve lived anywhere in my life, and you know, I love public health,” she said in March. “Time will tell, but this is the job. This is a great fit for me right now.”"Over a decade of working in public health in Chicago--including four years as the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health--my top priority has always been protecting the health of all Chicagoans," she stated.
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