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Obama Nominates Brinsfield To Lead Health Affairs Office At DHS

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

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President Barack Obama on Thursday announced his intent to nominate Kathryn Brinsfield to be assistant secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Brinsfield has been serving as the acting head of the Office of Health Affairs (OHA) and the acting Chief Medical Officer since 2013 and has been the associate Chief Medical Officer and director for Workforce Health and Medical Support at DHS since 2009.Before joining DHS, Brinsfield served in leadership roles for…

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