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A front-line COVID-19 investigator will succeed Dr. Angela Dunn as Utah’s state epidemiologist

Dr. Leisha Nolen, who works for the CDC, was on the ground in Seattle when the first outbreaks hit nursing homes there.

(Photo courtesy of the Utah Department of Health) Dr. Leisha Nolen has been named the state epidemiologist for Utah — succeeding Dr. Angela Dunn — the Utah Department of Health announced on June 3, 2021. Nolen will start her new job on July 6, 2021.