For more than 28 years, Charles LeBaron worked as a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While there he was the author of more than 50 scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals, including first- or senior- author papers in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He was co-recipient of CDC’s Charles C. Shepard Science Award for best scientific manuscript published by CDC authors. Charles LeBaron is the author of "Greed to Do Good: The Untold Story of CDC's War on Opioids, A CDC Physician’s Personal Account" (Amplify Publishing, 2025), named a "Kirkus Review 2025 Indie Book of the Year."
