Rebecca Haffajee
Rebecca Haffajee | |
|---|---|
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| Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBA | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Stephen T. Parente |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Duke University (BA) Harvard University (JD, MPH, PhD) |
Rebecca Haffajee is an American lawyer and public health researcher who is the nominee to serve as assistant secretary of health and human services for planning and evaluation. She has served in the role in an acting capacity since March 2021.
Early life and education
Haffajee was raised in Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in women's studies and health policy from Duke University, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, a Master of public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and PhD in health policy from Harvard University.[1][2][3]
Career
Haffajee worked as a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She also practices health law at Ropes & Gray and was a legal fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ Evaluation (ASPE), Assistant Secretary for Planning and (2021-03-24). "Rebecca Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H." HHS.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ haffajee (2012-08-31). "Introducing Rebecca Haffajee". Bill of Health. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "Creating fellowing with AIDS/HIV patients in Tanzania". today.duke.edu. 12 January 2004. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "Rebecca Haffajee, PhD, JD, MPH | CHOP | Michigan Medicine". CHOP. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "Bridging Interests in Law and Public Health, Researcher Studies Opioids Crisis and Other Behavioral Health Policy Issues | We Are Michigan Public Health | University of Michigan School of Public Health". sph.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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- Living people
- Duke University alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni
- RAND Corporation people
- University of Michigan faculty
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- United States Department of Health and Human Services officials
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Biden administration personnel
- Ropes & Gray associates