Howard Koh
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Howard Koh | |
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Steven Galson (acting) | |
Succeeded by | Karen DeSalvo (acting) |
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Born | MPH ) | March 15, 1952
Howard Kyongju Koh (
Education
Koh graduated from
Career
At Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, he was Professor of Dermatology, Medicine and Public Health as well as Director of Cancer Prevention and Control.
As the Assistant Secretary for Health, Koh oversaw the HHS
Koh previously served as the
Koh served as Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of
Awards and honors
He has earned numerous awards and honors for interdisciplinary accomplishments in medicine and public health, including the Distinguished Service Award from the American Cancer Society, the Drs. Jack E. White/LaSalle D. Leffall Cancer Prevention Award from the American Association for Cancer Research and the Intercultural Cancer Council, and the Dr. Harold P. Freeman Lectureship Award. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. President Bill Clinton appointed Koh as a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board (2000–2002). A past Chair of the Massachusetts Coalition for a Health Future (the group that pushed for the Commonwealth’s groundbreaking tobacco control initiative), Koh was named by the New England Division of the American Cancer Society as “one of the most influential persons in the fight against tobacco during the last 25 years”. Other awards include being named to the K100 (the 100 leading Korean Americans in the first century of Korean immigration to the United States), the Boston University School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Award (the highest award of the School), the Sedgwick Memorial Medal of the American Public Health Association (2014) and an honorary degree from Merrimack College. In recognition of his national contributions to the field of early detection and prevention of melanoma, the Boston Red Sox designated him a “Medical All Star” (2003) which included the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park.
Personal life
Koh and his wife, Dr. Claudia Arrigg, are the parents of three children, Steven (
References
- ^ Smith, Stephen (March 26, 2009). "A Harvard dean gets call from Washington". Boston.com. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ Murray, Sara (July 23, 2009). "Wall Street Journal". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ Demko, Paul (July 10, 2014). "Koh departing Obama administration". Modern Healthcare.
- ^ "Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services". July 21, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenarriggkoh/ko
- ^ https://www.andover.edu/news/2017/for-legacy-family-andover-is-always-home
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/iga/meet-the-team/dan-koh/
- ^ Bidgood, Jess (February 18, 2021). "Dan Koh, former Walsh aide, to become Labor Department's chief of staff". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 18, 2021.