About our speaker:
One of the highest ranking nurses in federal government, Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams works with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., MBA, regarding ways to communicate the best available scientific information to the public and overseeing operations of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps. Before being appointed deputy surgeon general, Trent-Adams was the chief nurse officer for USPHS, a group of more than 6,700 uniformed public health professionals working in federal government. In her extensive career of public service, Trent-Adams also served as the deputy associate administrator for the HIV/AIDS Bureau in the Health Resources and Services Administration, helping manage the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009.
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