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COVID-19 Advisory Board

U.S. President-elect Biden's COVID-19 advisory board

The COVID-19 Advisory Board was announced in November 2020 by then President-elect of the United States Joe Biden as part of his presidential transition.

COVID-19 Advisory Board

Seal of the President of the United States Joe Biden
Agency overview
FormedNovember 2020
DissolvedJanuary 20, 2021[1][2]
Superseding agency
TypeAdvisory board
JurisdictionUnited States
Agency executives
Websitebuildbackbetter.gov

It is co-chaired by physicians David A. Kessler, Marcella Nunez-Smith, and Vivek Murthy and comprises 13 health experts.

The goal of the advisory board is to create ideas and rules on how to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States during Biden's transition period. The board was dissolved when Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021 and was replaced with the White House COVID-19 Response Team.

Members change

Member Role Education Appointment
  David A. Kessler Former Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Co-chair 		Amherst College (BA)

University of Chicago (JD)

Harvard University (MD)

November 9, 2020[3]
Marcella Nunez-Smith Yale School of Medicine associate dean for health equity research
Co-chair 		Swarthmore College (BA)

Thomas Jefferson University (MD)

November 9, 2020[3]
  Vivek Murthy Former Surgeon General of the United States
Co-chair 		Harvard University (BA)

Yale University (MD, MBA)

November 9, 2020[3]
  Luciana Borio Former Acting Chief Scientist of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration George Washington University (MD) November 9, 2020[3]
  Rick Bright Former Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority University of Kansas

Auburn University, Montgomery (BS)

Emory University (MS, PhD)

November 9, 2020[3]
  Zeke Emanuel Former Chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Amherst College (BA)

Exeter College, Oxford (MS)

Harvard University (MD, PhD)

November 9, 2020[3]
  Atul Gawande Brigham and Women's Hospital professor of surgery Stanford University (BA, BS)

Balliol College, Oxford (MA)

Harvard University (MD, MPH)

November 9, 2020[3]
Celine Gounder New York University School of Medicine assistant professor Princeton University (BA)

Johns Hopkins University (MS)

University of Washington, Seattle (MD)

November 9, 2020[3]
Julie Morita Executive Vice President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (BS)

University of Illinois College of Medicine, (MD)

November 9, 2020[3]
Michael Osterholm Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Luther College (BA)

University of Minnesota (MS, MPH, PhD)

November 9, 2020[3]
Loyce Pace Executive Director and President of the Global Health Council Stanford University (BS)

Johns Hopkins University (MPH)

November 9, 2020[3]
Robert Rodriguez UCSF School of Medicine emergency medicine professor University of Notre Dame (BA)

Harvard University (MD)

November 9, 2020[3]
  Eric Goosby Former United States Global AIDS Coordinator Princeton University (BA)

University of California, San Francisco (MD)

November 9, 2020[3]

References change

  1. ↑ Facher, Lev (2021-01-20). "Biden dissolves Covid-19 panel that advised his transition". STAT. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  2. ↑ Pettypiece, Shannon (2021-01-20). "Biden's Covid advisory board disbanded". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 "Biden transition team unveils members of Covid-19 task force". STAT. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-09.


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