Assistant Secretary for Health

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United States federal government position public health leadership position

The Assistant Secretary for Health is a senior U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official who provides national leadership on public health policy and oversees key federal health initiatives and agencies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary for Health canonical	5
United States Assistant Secretary for Health	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government position ⓘ public health leadership position ⓘ
advises	President of the United States ⓘ United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Health and Human Services
advisesOn	HIV/AIDS policy ⓘ bioethics and research integrity ⓘ disease prevention ⓘ health equity ⓘ health promotion ⓘ minority health ⓘ population health ⓘ public health ⓘ vaccination policy ⓘ women’s health ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdWithin	Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
hasRank	four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mayBeHeldBy	civilian ⓘ commissioned officer of the U.S. Public Health Service ⓘ
memberOf	Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
officeHolderOf	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ
oversees	National Vaccine Program Office ⓘ Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion ⓘ Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy ⓘ Office of Minority Health ⓘ Office of Population Affairs ⓘ Office of Research Integrity ⓘ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ Office on Women’s Health ⓘ President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition ⓘ Public Health Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
partOf	United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Health and Human Services
responsibleFor	coordination of HHS public health offices and programs ⓘ disease prevention policy ⓘ health promotion policy ⓘ implementation of federal public health programs ⓘ national public health policy ⓘ population health initiatives ⓘ public health preparedness policy ⓘ
sector	public health ⓘ
supervises	Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health → headOfGovernmentBody → Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ

Deputy Surgeon General of the United States → worksWith → Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ

OASH → hasHead → Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ

Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy → advises → Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ

National Vaccine Program Office → reportsTo → Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ

Howard Koh → positionHeld → Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Assistant Secretary for Health