Dr. Messonnier is the Lead Economist at the Population Health Workforce Branch in the CDC. He was a charismatic speaker and he made class entertaining through with his wittiness. We began class by introducing ourselves and then Dr. Messonnier introduced himself. He did not have a straight path into public health. He graduated from LSU as an agricultural business major, then obtained a Masters in agricultural business, and then obtained a PhD in natural resource economics from UGA. Dr. Messonnier was lucky getting jobs at the CDC because he just happened to be at the right place at the right time. Previously, he worked in the immunization program at the CDC. Dr. Messonnier’s presentation intrigued me because we had not deeply considered the
