Brett P. Giroir, M.D. Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service Assistant Secretary for Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Representative, Executive Board, WHO
Admiral Brett Giroir is the 16th Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and leads more than 6,000 officers in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
As the Secretary’s principal public health and science advisor, the ASH is leading America to healthier lives through promoting vaccination across the lifespan, developing the nation’s report card for health (Healthy People 2030), ending America’s HIV epidemic, preventing and treating substance use disorders, and improving the lives of all suffering health disparities, with a special emphasis on Sickle Cell Disease.
In addition to his role as the ASH, ADM Giroir represents the United States on the World Health Organization Executive Board and was appointed on March 12 to lead the coordination of COVID-19 testing efforts across HHS. He has served in numerous leadership positions in the federal government and in academic institutions. Most notably, serving as the Acting FDA Commissioner in 2019, and the first physician to serve as an office director at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 2007.
As a pediatric critical care physician, ADM Giroir brings that hands-on, patient-centered perspective to his work as the ASH.