Underwood J Michael

Dr. Mike Underwood is Chief of the School-based Surveillance Branch (SBSB) in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). SBSB manages surveillance systems across the United States tracking adolescent health behaviors, in addition to school-level policies and practices. This includes CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, School Health Profiles, and Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey. The Branch prioritizes efforts to build surveillance capacity, monitor emerging public health issues, and optimize data utilization for the betterment of adolescent health. Dr. Underwood attended Tuskegee University for undergraduate studies, and earned a doctoral degree in Pharmacology from the University of Minnesota. He joined the CDC in 2009 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer assigned to the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC). Prior to joining DASH as the SBSB Chief, he worked in the agency’s Immunization Services Division and various Global Public Health projects.