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Rachel Levine. Rachel Leland Levine (/ ləˈviːn /; born October 28, 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Levine is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the ...
Levine, the assistant secretary of health, was sworn in Tuesday as an admiral, the highest-ranking official of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, whose 6,000 uniformed officers are ...
January 19, 2021 at 6:11 AM. WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to ...
The first transgender public officeholder in the United States was Joanne Marie Conte, elected to Arvada, Colorado 's City Council in 1991. As of September 2024, the highest-ranking public official is currently Rachel Levine, who was appointed as Assistant Secretary for Health in 2021. The highest elected officeholders are Sarah McBride of the ...
The assistant secretary for health (ASH) is a senior U.S. government official within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position is a statutory office (42 U.S.C. § 202) and the holder of the office serves as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health.
Rachel Levine is to become assistant secretary of health, the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Health and Human Services by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of May 10, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 15 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do ...
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official ...