India, April 17 -- President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is nominating Dr Erica Schwartz to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here is everything you need to know about her and what this means for the agency.

Erica Schwartz has worked in public service for many years. According to NBC, she spent more than 20 years serving in the US Navy, the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the US Coast Guard where she became a rear admiral.

She studied biomedical engineering and medicine at Brown University. She also earned a master's degree in public health and a law degree from the University of Maryland.

President Donald Trump praised her on Truth Social, saying: "She is a STAR!"...