10 ways Bates Commencement speaker Dr. Nirav Shah used Twitter humor to build support for Maine’s COVID-19 fight Among this season’s Commencement speakers, Dr. Nirav Shah, the director of the Maine ...

Dr. Nirav Shah, the infectious disease expert who led Maine through the COVID-19 pandemic, is being floated as the next director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2021. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer “I have watched it on TV since I was a teenager.

Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2021. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer “I have watched it on TV since I was a teenager.

Maines CDC director, Dr. Nirav Shah, is leaving for a high ranking post in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He became a face of the state's response to COVID-19.

Dr. Nirav Shah of the Maine Center for Disease Control, lower panel, is interviewed Thursday by Katie Boss of Healthy Androscoggin for a virtual installment of the Great Falls Forum.

Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Nirav Shah was the voice and face of pandemic news in Maine for years, starting when the state recorded its first case in March 2020. Tammy Wells Photo ...

Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks at a news conference on April 28, 2020, in Augusta, Maine. Shah, who became the face of the state's respond ...

Study whose findings I agree with: “well-designed, done by top researchers, and suitable for publication in this top journal.” Study findings I disagree with: “poorly designed, biased, wrong endpoints ...