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Rachel Leland Levine (/ l ə ˈ v iː n / lə-VEEN; born 28 October 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health since 26 March 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps .
Rachel Levine: March 26, 2021 Assistant Secretary for Health: 2021–present Levine is the first openly transgender person to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation. She is the highest-ranking openly transgender official in the US and the first openly transgender four-star admiral. [6] [7]
Rachel Levine is to become assistant secretary of health, the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
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.
Dr. Rachel Levine, the nation's most senior transgender official, made history again Tuesday by becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer across any of the country's eight uniformed ...
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Rachel Levine: b. 1957 American she/her Physician, United States Assistant Secretary for Health, former Pennsylvania Physician General (2015-2017), former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health (2017–2021) [299] [300] Justine Lindsay: b. 1992 American she/her First openly transgender NFL Cheerleader [301] Alicia Liu: b. 1986 Taiwanese she/her
Biden's pick for assistant HHS secretary, Rachel Levine, was the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate. Levine faced criticism from Republicans on various issues ...