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Following a routine procedure to remove two uterine fibroids more than 10 years ago, Cole developed near-fatal sepsis. In the following years, as she sought treatment for complications from this surgery, she found that her health concerns were often dismissed by healthcare providers, and she struggled to make her voice heard.
In 2015, she was appointed to the Department of Health and Human Services Presidential Advisory Council for combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria; she also served as a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) representative on an advisory committee on infection control practices.