In 2013, Walensky became director of the joint MD/PhD program at Harvard Medical School.
[1] He is the husband of Rochelle Walensky, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Loren David Walensky graduated from Millburn High School, Essex County, New Jersey, in 1986.
[2] In 1990, Walensky completed a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Princeton University and a certificate in science policy from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
[7] They are Jewish and members of Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts.