Brett Giroir
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Brett P. Giroir (pronounced jir-WAH) (born November 4, 1960)[1] is an American pediatrician. He was formerly the U.S. assistant secretary for health, a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner.
Brett Giroir | |
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16th Assistant Secretary for Health | |
In office February 15, 2018 – January 19, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Secretary | Alex Azar |
Preceded by | Howard Koh |
Succeeded by | Rachel Levine |
Commissioner of Food and Drugs | |
Acting November 6, 2019 – December 17, 2019 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Norman Sharpless (acting) |
Succeeded by | Stephen Hahn |
Personal details | |
Born | (1960-11-04) November 4, 1960 (age 63) Marrero, Louisiana, U.S. |
Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Texas Southwestern (MD) |
Uniformed service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps |
Years of service | 2018–2021 |
Rank | Admiral |
From 2004 to 2008, Giroir served as the deputy director, and then a director, of DARPA's Defense Science Office, vice chancellor for the Texas A&M University System from 2008 to 2013, and as the chief executive officer of the Texas A&M Health Science Center from 2013 to 2015.[2]
Giroir starting in 2016 served as president and CEO of ViraCyte, LLC, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for severe infections. He also served as a senior fellow at the Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute and strategic advisor for the Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute (TMCII). He was a member of the Texas Task Force for Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, and an adjunct professor of pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.[3]
Giroir served as the Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs in November and December 2019, while Stephen Hahn's nomination was pending in the Senate.