​Aragón, then Communicable Disease Controller at of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, got an emergency call from a local hospital. Dr. Erica Pan, director and state public health officer for the California Department of Public Health, who organized the task force, said she brought Reingold in as soon as possible. “He’s an iconic figure for public health on so many different fronts, from research to public service. They would get public health experience and access to data needed to do studies.”He may continue to be an investigator there. You could say I’m self-educated or uneducated, depending on your point of view!”He’s worried about the future of public health in America.