Susan Blumenthal | |
|---|---|
_(1).jpg) Blumenthal in 2022 | |
| Director of the Office on Women's Health | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Wanda Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Susan Jane Blumenthal[1] June 29, 1952 |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Reed College (BA) Harvard University (MPA) University of Tennessee (MD) |
| Uniformed service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps |
| Years of service | 1984–2004 |
| Rank |  Rear Admiral |
| Awards | |
Susan Jane Blumenthal (born June 29, 1952) is an American physician, global health expert, psychiatrist and public health advocate.[2] With more than two decades of service as a senior government health leader in the administrations of four U.S. presidents, Blumenthal served as the first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health and director of the Office on Women's Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and senior global health advisor within the HHS.[2][3] She also was a research branch chief at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the chair of the NIH Health and Behavior Coordinating Committee.[4][5] As of 2016, she has served as the senior medical and policy advisor at amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, a senior fellow in health policy at New America, and a clinical professor at Tufts and Georgetown Schools of Medicine.[6][7] Blumenthal is the Public Health Editor of the Huffington Post.[8][9] She is married to United States Senator Ed Markey.
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- ^ a b "COA Frontline, Volume 46, Issue 4" (PDF). Commissioned Officers Association. May 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
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- ^ "Physicians: Dr. Susan J Blumenthal". Changing the Face of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ "Susan J Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A." Epernicus. 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ "amfAR :: Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A :: The Foundation for AIDS Research :: HIV / AIDS Research". www.amfar.org. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ "Susan Blumenthal - New America". New America. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ "Susan Blumenthal, M.D." The Huffington Post. Huffington Post. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ "Doctor Honoris Causa for Susan J. Blumenthal | Sapienza - Università di Roma". en.uniroma1.it. Retrieved 2016-01-08.