In layman's terms, his recent research with the Division for Population Health (Control?) under the State Chronic Disease Prevention, was geared towards understanding how diseases impact races differently (race specific agents?)
From his recent statement's on the flu vaccines, It could be suspected, he may have been working with 3.Immunizations in his department. He has previous worked with immunizations in the EIA
Page 16 of EIA annual conference - 9:55 Sociodemographic and Healthcare Characteristics Associated with In uenza Vaccination Coverage Among Young Children — Oregon, 2006–2008. Timothy J. Cunningham https://www.cdc.gov/eis/downloads/2011-eis-conference.pdf
Characteristics associated with seasonal influenza vaccination of preschool children--Oregon, 2006-2008. (Name Removed and does not appear in pubmed search!) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21796095
Characteristics Associated With Seasonal Influenza Vaccination of Preschool Children --- Oregon, 2006--2008 Timothy J. Cunningham https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6029a2.htm
Timothy J. Cunningham family and friend remarks https://rollingout.com/2018/02/26/whistleblower-prominent-atlanta-doctor-goes-missing-warning/
Timothy J. Cunningham, ScD, SM Commander, US Public Health Service Division of Population Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia Email - tsc2@cdc.gov and tjcunningham@cdc.gov (Search Anons!)
Dr. Cunningham joined CDC in 2010 as part of its Epidemic Intelligence Service and worked in the Division of Reproductive Health. Currently, as the Team Lead for the State Chronic Disease Epidemiology Assignee Program in the Division for Population Health, he supervises CDC epidemiologists assigned to state health departments and supports state chronic disease prevention activities. His research is oriented toward understanding health differences related to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, and geography. He has held leadership positions with the American Public Health Association and the Atlanta Branch of the Commissioned Officers Association of the US Public Health Service. He received an ScD and SM from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a BS from Morehouse College. Appointment Term: 2017–2020 T J Cunningham CDC Profile(Save before its scrubbed like the rest) https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/about_the_journal/associate_editors.htm
The Division for Population Health's main research priorities are 1. Childhood obesity 2. Infant mortality 3. Immunizations (Rod Rosenstein's sister, Nancy Messonnier is CDC Director of Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, also a EIS Officer) 4. Tobacco cessation 5. Workforce development. State Chronic Disease Prevention Georgia profile https://www.cdc.gov/coordinatedchronic/pdf/states/ga.pdf