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<p class="publishdate"><span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-12-16T05:15:00-05:00" class="date-display-single">December 16, 2021</span></p><p class="pretitle">Feature</p><div class='syndicate'><h1>A Farewell to Dr. Francis Collins</h1><div><div class="grid-67-33-column">
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<p>Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is stepping down as NIH director on December 19, 2021, after more than 12 years at the helm. A physician-geneticist, Dr. Collins took office as the 16th NIH director on August 17, 2009, after being appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. In 2017, he was asked to continue in his role by President Donald Trump, and in 2021, by President Joe Biden. The longest serving presidentially appointed NIH Director, Dr. Collins' impact on biomedical research and the health of the nation is difficult to overstate. From launching the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Technologies (BRAIN) Initiative to spearheading NIH’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Collins has steered the country’s largest medical research agency with a calm hand, a scientific mind, and a deep commitment to the well-being of all Americans.</p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/8AEGvKfrPE4">James Gilman, NIH Clinical Center</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/KtNDOBhwqRA">Roger Glass, Fogarty International Center</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/nzLzoDWC1gs">Joshua Gordon, National Institute of Mental Health</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/zN_asVuthbk">Eric Green, National Human Genome Research Institute</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/CzNF6XZwNWc">Richard Hodes, National Institute on Aging</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/X0nmZRhPdS0">George Koob, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/2nz1WYxelRU">Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/kmDq86IArv4">Helene Langevin, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ZvBKcj6ZOLg">Jon Lorsch, National Institute of General Medical Sciences</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/OtWXu5MZ50U">Andrea Norris, Center for Information Technology</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/lRRsq6XQx5Y">Eliseo Pérez-Stable, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/SQRXu_wSjpg">Griffin Rodgers, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/aWwecFIV7x4">Joni Rutter, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/UR2ahhqdw2Q">Ned Sharpless, National Cancer Institute</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/XTuc48AIwWw">Bruce Tromberg, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/KEvEgmT6G00">Debara Tucci, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/hyn1Wn9EJvs">Nora Volkow, National Institute on Drug Abuse</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/GxjEIIjcAlc">Rick Woychik, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/c1nHFIUhu8E">Shannon Zenk, National Institute of Nursing Research</a></p>
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<h4 class="collapsible-trigger">Media</h4>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/FIdQkupLNts">Henry Louis Gates Jr., Historian, Television Host, Professor</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/VjGXZgYiwDA">Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/zb6zM3t7uj0">Diane Rehm, Journalist</a></p>
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<h4 class="collapsible-trigger">NIH Staff — Current</h4>
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<div class="collapsible-content">
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/OLtnkKOtw4Q">Patrice Allen-Gifford, NIH Executive Secretariat</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/dfmE9IhQ_Is">James Anderson, NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/eFWoj3GYgL0">Janine Austin Clayton, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ZXikbdWR2ns">Rebecca Baker, Director, NIH HEAL Initiative</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/iX-Mas5BiP4">Julie Broussard Berko, NIH Chief People Officer</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Xl4ysSlTWDo">Marie Bernard, NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Rf30-0NcC9Y">John Burklow, Acting NIH Chief of Staff</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/JEX5gHSRPuQ">Brittany Chao, Scientific Special Assistant to the NIH Principal Deputy Director</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ikrGw8rG71s">Joshua Denny, Chief Executive Officer, <em>All of Us</em> Research Program</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/sNhkoDQa81g">Stephanie Devaney, Chief Operating Officer, <em>All of Us</em> Research Program</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ojzNNwc8WnE">Diane Frasier, Director, NIH Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/dQHw2oyk4kw">John Gallin, Scientific Director, NIH Clinical Center</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/emtNM_7iIK4">Matthew Gillman, Director, NIH ECHO Program</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/V5XN6WnCUfM">Michael Gottesman, NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/PI5Zm61DJK8">Adrienne Hallett and Lauren Higgins, Director and Deputy Director, NIH Office of Legislative Policy & Analysis</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/MIMCoecaafc">Darla Hayes, Associate Director for Management, NIH Office of the Director</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Ps55F0XWrXM">Alfred Johnson, NIH Deputy Director for Management</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/kln2f5CHkyo">Lyric Jorgenson, Acting Director, NIH Office of Science Policy</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/O-jFL1jjI08">Mike Lauer, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/bwcurWZRcYY">Colleen McGowan, Director, NIH Office of Research Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/-t83jhYMtXo">Sharon Milgram, Director, NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ixSs0CzT-28">David Murray, Director, NIH Office of Disease Prevention</a></p>
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qx9WUqmzPTo">Renate Myles, Acting Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qHLDqYHtkNk">Ashley Parker, NIH Health Science Policy Analyst</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/w9955PJfxos">William Riley, Director, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/hEesY-IVfi4">Tara Schwetz, Acting NIH Principal Deputy Director</a></p>
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/0msIvbwa4Xs">Lawrence Tabak, Acting NIH Director, with his son, Benjamin Tabak, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University</a></p>
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/HZQnlciq3wo">Dan Wheeland, Director, NIH Office of Research Facilities</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Nw9w5t26UoE">Chris Austin, Former Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/klHFN58LiOQ">Kizzmekia Corbett, Former Coronavirus Team Lead, NIH Vaccine Research Center</a></p>
|
||
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/JNNtt8bW_Kw">Eric Dishman, Former Director, <em>All of Us</em> Research Program</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/et1ED8wdfuo">Alan Guttmacher, Former Director, <em>Eunice Kennedy Shriver</em> National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and his wife, Brigid</a></p>
|
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|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/KBXgGUGgiLk">Story Landis, Former Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/gh_gEHOqwlE">Roderic Pettigrew, Former Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/-lxgUqNo42M">Hannah Valantine, Former NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity</a></p>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/h1btJl-sBn0">Harold Varmus, Former Director, National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute</a></p>
|
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|
||
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Y2EIr9xuWO4">Elias Zerhouni, Former Director, National Institutes of Health</a></p>
|
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<h4 class="collapsible-trigger">Nonprofit & Advocacy</h4>
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<div class="collapsible-content">
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/IXygoaSv8G4">Scott Berns and Audrey and Leslie Gordon, Progeria Research Foundation</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Pljj1uIv3fE">Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine</a></p>
|
||
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ExdAzQaccyI">Maria Freire, Former President and Executive Director, Foundation for the NIH</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/6WsDVaa9L5k">Jane Goodall, Primatologist, Anthropologist and Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute</a></p>
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/MeAFBIi31fQ">Jeri Lacks-Whye, Granddaughter of Henrietta Lacks</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qUbVMX1cZsg">Jennifer Lucca, Chief Executive Officer, The Children’s Inn</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/1Q0HeBr9_t0">Jed Manocherian, Founder and Chairman, ACT for NIH</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/TMHL-axomKA">Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/hmCzGaTy8GY">Michael Milken, Chairman, Milken Institute</a></p>
|
||
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Z9QykUbf5oY">Patricia Morris, President, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology</a></p>
|
||
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/mXenN-2iMTE">Sudip Parikh, Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science</a></p>
|
||
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/TQCXQewHB2Y">Ellen Sigal, Founder and Chairperson, Friends of Cancer Research</a></p>
|
||
|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/vFWSFcMsgGM">David Skorton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhXPXZY_6-0">KC White, Trustee, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation </a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/-q7ioNecAks">David Wholley, Interim President and Executive Director, Foundation for the NIH</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qLldgSQz6TQ">Mary Woolley, President, Research!America</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/g-aGbxAe9aA">Mikael Dolsten, Chief Scientific Officer and President, Worldwide Research Development, Pfizer, Inc.</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qy6Wy02KgbA">Freda Lewis-Hall, Former Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer, Inc.</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/z1Dg7gtGmUk">David Rubenstein, Co-Founder, The Carlyle Group</a></p>
|
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|
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/0tasx3C8xPg">Paul Stoffels, Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/2pB4GwSnQEY">His Holiness the Dalai Lama</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/M7z0QapdV4A">Diane Baker</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/EyxR_dMBCCY">Xavier Becerra, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ALfhnE_dYvo">Roy Blunt, U.S. Senator (R-MO)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/jEatK9P0rOQ">Tom Cole, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (R-OK)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/kBgGCrJkAVA">Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives (D-CT)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/m0OvRi0DCf0">Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives (D-MI)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ZP3v2oAZKvw">Eric Lander, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Science Advisor to the President of the United States</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/4gU3Sb_6rNA">Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Fq3BkqDQIlI">Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/wFcwS4F0RtI">Andrea Palm, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/DtlFoO1FwKE">Rochelle Walensky, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/3fumE_IfKpM">Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/YURBOpaxMXs">Lamar Alexander, Former U.S. Senator (R-TN)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/_-aFBUSPFyM">Alex Azar, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/J4AGZMbh7Mg">Sylvia M. Burwell, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Dn8XP44Tky0">Mitch Daniels, Former Governor (R-IN)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/AVoNUIpLncw">Michael Leavitt, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/6hAmfR7udeU">Nita Lowey, Former U.S. Representative (D-NY)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/OylfWqVP8g0">Kathleen Sebelius, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/0Zp8VZuZSgM">Donna Shalala, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/pfKL28C2hJc">Tommy Thompson, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/UTxs6Qj86vk">George W. Bush, 43<sup>rd</sup> U.S. President</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/dqldjIuOu2A">Bill Clinton, 42<sup>nd</sup> U.S. President</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/G7LncRXpSjM">Kamala Harris, U.S. Vice President</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/_fuPa3vvrzk">Barack Obama, 44<sup>th</sup> U.S. President</a></p>
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