THE ADMINISTRATION (Washington Update, September 19, 2018)

by | Sep 19, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update

New Associate Head for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
The administration has announced that Michael D. Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP, will become the Associate Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, effective October 15, 2018. Dr. Warren is a board-certified pediatrician who currently serves as Deputy Commissioner for Population Health at the Tennessee Department of Health. In that role, he oversees the state’s Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program. He has also served on the HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality and as president of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Laura Kavanagh, MPP, has been serving as the Acting Associate Administrator since October 2017.

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