Martin Kulldorff, who was chair of the panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is joining the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to advise Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., officials announced on Dec. 1.
Kulldorff was appointed chief science officer of the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS said. The office is the department’s think tank and provides policy advice to the secretary of health.
Kennedy earlier in the year, after removing all members from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the CDC on vaccines, appointed Kulldorff and other new members to the committee….