ࡱ> )+(s jbjb &kk ]DDDDD P D,hxxxxxxxTVVVVVV,bxxxxxxxhxxxT(6xTbTT\ 8DDjT SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Dr. Eve E. Slater Dr. Eve E. Slater serves as the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She was confirmed by Congress on February 5, 2002. She serves as Secretary Tommy G. Thompsons primary advisor on matters involving the Nation's public health and oversees HHS' U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) for the Secretary. The PHS is comprised of all agency divisions of HHS and the Commissioned Corps, a uniformed service of more than 6,000 health professionals who serve at HHS and other federal agencies. Prior to joining HHS, Dr. Slater was senior vice president of Merck Research Laboratories external policy and vice president of corporate public affairs. Prior to that position, she served as senior vice president, Clinical and Regulatory Development, Merck Research Laboratories. The first woman to attain this rank, Dr. Slater supervised worldwide regulatory activities for all Merck medicines and vaccines. During her tenure, Dr. Slater spearheaded approvals of major medicines to treat hypertension, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis, asthma, arthritis, prostate disease, and vaccines for chicken pox and h. influenza. Dr. Slater joined Merck in 1983 and also served as executive director of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology until 1988. Her research focused on receptor signal transduction, specifically involving the beta-adrenergic and insulin receptors. In 1976, Dr. Slater became the first woman in the history of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to be appointed chief resident in medicine. From 1977 to 1982, she served as chief of the Hypertension Unit and was assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She directed laboratory researched funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association, published on biochemical mechanisms involved in blood pressure control and diseases of the aorta, was active in patient care and taught extensively. Dr. Slater has participated on several panels and was chairman of the International Conference on Harmonization Committee on the Structure and Content of Clinical Studies Reports and chairman of the Regulations Advisory Board for the Centre for Medicine Research. Additionally, she was named to the Keystone National Policy Dialogue on HIV, participated in the founding of the Forum for HIV Research, and was nominated to the NIH Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council. Dr. Slater is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College and an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed internship and residencies at MGH and is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiology. An accomplished flutist, Dr. Slater has studied with many of America's foremost flutists and appeared as a flute soloist with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. She is the mother of two teenage sons. (5CJ$j5CJ$U()@ 1$1$dd1$dd$$1$ddd@& $/ =!"#$%F [4@4 NormalCJ_HmH sH tH <A@< Default Paragraph FontJYJ Document Map-D M OJQJ^Jff _level1F & p@ P !01$]^`0dd _level2C # p@ P !01$]^`0`"` _level3@ p@ P !p01$]^p`0^2^ _level4=  @ P !@ 01$]^@ `0ZBZ _level5: P !01$]^`0XRX _level67 P !01$]^`0TbT _level74 P !01$]^`0RrR _level81 P !01$]^`0NN _level9. P !P01$]^P`0ff _levsl1F & p@ P !01$]^`0dd _levsl2C # p@ P !01$]^`0`` _levsl3@ p@ P !p01$]^p`0^^ _levsl4=  @ P !@ 01$]^@ `0ZZ _levsl5: P !01$]^`0XX _levsl67 P !01$]^`0TT _levsl74 P !01$]^`0RR _levsl81 P !01$]^`0NN _levsl9.! P !P01$]^P`0f"f _levnl1F" & p@ P !01$]^`0d2d _levnl2C# # p@ P !01$]^`0`B` _levnl3@$ p@ P !p01$]^p`0^R^ _levnl4=%  @ P !@ 01$]^@ `0ZbZ _levnl5:& P !01$]^`0XrX _levnl67' P !01$]^`0TT _levnl74( P !01$]^`0RR _levnl81) P !01$]^`0NN _levnl9.* P !P01$]^P`0$$ Normal+1$00 Definition T,1$ll Definition LA- ) hp@ P !h1$]^h(O( Definition6$$ H1/1$5CJ0$$ H201$5CJ$$$ H311$5CJ$"$ H421$5CJ$2$ H531$5CJ$B$ H641$5CJ*R* Address51$6hbh BlockquoteA6 ) hp@ P !hh1$]h^hOq CITE6$O$ CODE OJQJCJ,O, WP9_Emphasis60O0 WP9_Hyperlink>*B*.O. FollowedHype>*B* 0O0 Keyboard5OJQJCJbb Preformatted+=1$ # ~< z9!$ OJQJCJJJ zBottom of >$$d-D1$a$ OJQJCJJJ zTop of For?$&d-D1$a$ OJQJCJ$O$ SampleOJQJ(O( WP9_Strong50O!0 Typewriter OJQJCJ$O1$ Variable6,OA, HTML Markup<B*"OQ" Comment<        ')?@  Corel Corporation Greg MoroscoC:\revised ash bio.docSarah DeWeerdtgSal Paradise Regained:Desktop Folder:MCR:US COPD Coalition:WCD Press Conference materials:SlaterBio.doc@X5V `@GTimes New Roman5Symbol3 Arial5& :Tahoma?1M Courier New# s"lfs"lf y" Dr Greg MoroscoSarah DeWeerdt Oh+'0t  $ 0 < HT\dl'Drsrs Greg MoroscoWoregNormalrSarah DeWeerdto2raMicrosoft Word 8.0d@@Z@@  ՜.+,D՜.+,4 hp  'NHLBItl b Dr Title 6> _PID_GUID'AN{62BB7111-076D-11D7-950A-F72FD7712F7D} !"#$%&'*Root Entry Fz,1Table WordDocument&SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8 CompObjXObjectPoolzz FMicrosoft Word DocumentNB6WWord.Document.8