U.S. National Institutes of Health

Helene D. Gayle, MD — pediatric medicine, administration (foundation directors), public health (government)

Courtesy Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH

“Dr. Gayle exemplifies the best in public health leadership,” said Dr. David Satcher, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June 1999, “...she has made significant contributions to the international and domestic study, control, and prevention of HIV and AIDS and other infectious diseases.” With these words, Dr. Helene D. Gayle (b. 1955) was sworn in as an assistant surgeon general and rear admiral in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.

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