Key Global Health Positions and Officials in the U.S. Government
This tracker is updated periodically and currently reflects major positions known to be filled or likely to be retained thus far in the second Trump administration (other key roles will be added as filled). Some of the officials noted in this tracker may be on administrative leave and not performing the duties of their roles under direction from the Trump administration.
| Position | Official |
|---|---|
| WHITE HOUSE/EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT | |
| National Security Advisor/Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, National Security Council (NSC) | Marco Rubio |
| Director, Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) | Vacant |
| Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Russ Vought |
| U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) | Jamieson Greer |
| Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | Michael Kratsios |
| Director, Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) | Vacant |
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE | |
| Secretary of State | Marco Rubio |
| Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations | Mike Waltz |
| Senior Official, Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom | Jeremy Lewin |
| Senior Bureau Official and Acting Global AIDS Coordinator, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy | Jeffrey Graham |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Health Security and Diplomacy; Deputy Assistant Secretary for PEPFAR and Health Programs, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy | Rebecca Bunnell |
| Senior Advisor for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy | Brad Smith |
| Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | Riley Barnes |
| Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration | Andrew Veprek |
| Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of International Organization Affairs | McCoy Pitt |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) | John Thompson |
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) | |
| Secretary | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
| Director, Office of Global Affairs (OGA) | Bethany Kozma |
| Assistant Secretary for Health | Brian Christine |
| Surgeon General | Casey Means (Designate) |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) | John Knox |
| Director, Center for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), ASPR | Gary Disbrow |
| HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) | |
| Director | Jay Bhattacharya |
| Director, Office of Readiness and Response | Henry Walke |
| Director, Washington Office | Vacant |
| Director, Global Health Center (GHC) | Paige Alexandra Armstrong |
| Director, Division of Global Health Protection, GHC | Benjamin Park |
| Director, Division of Global HIV and TB, GHC | Hank Tomlinson |
| Director, Global Immunization Division, GHC | John Vertefeuille |
| Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) | Simon Agolory |
| Director, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) | Vivien Dugan |
| HHS/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) | |
| Director | Jay Bhattacharya |
| Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | Jeffrey Taubenberger |
| Director, Office of Global Research, NIAID | Joyelle Dominique |
| Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID | Robert Eisinger |
| Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), NIAID | David Spiro |
| Director, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID | Ted Pierson |
| Director, Office of AIDS Research (OAR); NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research | Geri Donenberg |
| Director, Fogarty International Center (FIC); NIH Associate Director for International Research | Peter Kilmarx |
| Director, Center for Global Health, Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute | Satish Gopal |
| Director, Office of Global Health, Office of the Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | Vesna Kutlesic |
| Director, Center for Global Mental Health Research, National Institute of Mental Health | Leonardo Cubillos |
| HHS/FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) | |
| Commissioner | Marty Makary |
| Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs | Grace Graham |
| Associate Commissioner for Global Policy and Strategy | Mark Abdoo |
| HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) | |
| Administrator | Thomas Engels |
| Associate Administrator, Bureau of HIV/AIDS | Heather Hauck |
| Director, Office of Global Health, Office of Special Health Initiatives | Melissa Ryan Kemburu |
| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) | |
| Secretary | Pete Hegseth |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Personnel and Readiness (P&R) | Keith Bass |
| Commander, Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) | Eric Welsh |
| Director, DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) | Brad Hale |
| Commander, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) | Brianna Perata |
| Director, U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) | Julie Ake |
| Chief, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division (AFHSD) | Richard Langton |
| Chief, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS), AFHSD | Brett Swierczewski |
| OTHER AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS | |
| Peace Corps*: Director | Richard Swarttz |
| Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency*: Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee | William Kirk |
| Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency*: Executive Director, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee | Kenneth Dieffenbach |
| Department of Agriculture (USDA): Secretary | Brooke Rollins |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)*: Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs | Usha-Maria Turner |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Chief Medical Officer | Sean Conley |
| Notes: Acting officials in italics. Officials who the White House has signaled it intends to nominate or who are formally awaiting Senate confirmation are noted as “Designate.” tbd means to be determined. As of March 16, 2026. Also see NIH/FIC, Global Health Initiatives at NIH, available at: https://www.fic.nih.gov/Global/Global-Health-NIH/Pages/institute-center-ics-global-health.aspx. | |