Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
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| Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response | |
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| President | Barack Obama |
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| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (bachelor's) University of Pennsylvania Medical School (M.D.) (University of California, Los Angeles (M.S.P.H.) |
Nicole Lurie is an American physician, professor of medicine, and public health official. Since 2009, she has been Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The mission of Lurie's office is to "lead the nation in preventing, responding to and recovering from the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters, ranging from hurricanes to bioterrorism."
Lurie received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1979. Lurie received her Master of Science in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she also completed her medical residency. Lurie was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at UCLA.
Lurie practiced primary care medicine and joined the University of Minnesota in 1985. At the University of Minnesota Medical School and University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Lurie rose to become professor of medicine and public health, director of primary care research, and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine. Lurie also worked in state government and served as medical advisor to the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health.
In 1998, Lurie took leave from her position in Minnesota to become Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, holding this position until 2001. In this role, Lurie worked on the Healthy People 2010 initiative and initiative to reduce health disparities, as well as pandemic influenza planning.
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