2021 Outstanding Alumna Award Winner
Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, has been a leading U.S. government health expert and spokesperson for more than 20 years, serving as the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and the first assistant secretary for women’s health.
Dr. Blumenthal, who received her medical degree from UTHSC in 1975, has held other positions, including senior global and e-health adviser in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and chief of the Behavioral Medicine and Basic Prevention Research Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, in addition to serving as a White House adviser for health issues.
Dr. Blumenthal is currently a clinical professor at Georgetown University and the Tufts Schools of Medicine in Boston, and she serves as a distinguished adviser on health and medicine at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. She is also the chair of the Global Health Program at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Blumenthal has received numerous awards, medals, and honorary doctorates for her landmark contributions to improving health, especially in HIV/AIDS, which has been her focus for more than four decades.
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