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Brett P. Giroir (pronounced jir-WAH) (born November 4, 1960) 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.
ADM Brett P. Giroir MD is a pediatric critical care specialist and physician-scientist who serves as the Acting FDA Commissioner and the 16th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He has led several national initiatives, including an historic new plan to end the HIV Epidemic in America, the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, and the revised Common Rule.
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Brett P. Giroir, MD is the CEO of Altesa BioSciences, a biotechnology company that develops novel antiviral medicines for viral infections. He is a former US Assistant Secretary for Health and Admiral, US Public Health Service, and the inaugural CEO of ViraCyte (now AlloVir). He also serves as the board chair of Altesa and has a scientific advisory board of experts in infectious diseases.
Brett Giroir was a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and Testing Czar during the Trump administration. His book, Memoir of a Pandemic, provides gripping details of the response and concludes with a plan for future pandemics.
Brett Giroir is a former official in the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Office of National Preparedness and Response who served as the COVID-19 response czar under President Biden. He is also a best-selling author and a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. See his LinkedIn profile for his goals, awards, education, experience, and publications.
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Apr 20, 2020 · WASHINGTON – Brett Giroir, the federal official overseeing coronavirus testing efforts, says that his experience working on vaccine development projects at Texas A&M University helped prepare...
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Jul 14, 2020 · In an interview with NPR's Morning Edition, Adm. Brett Giroir pointed out the U.S. is currently conducting more than 700,000 tests a day. He argued that some parts of the country are already...