Matthew Maenner

Surveillance team lead
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Matthew Maenner is surveillance team lead for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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