Rebecca Haffajee Explained

Rebecca Haffajee
Office:	Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation
Term Start:	TBA
Status:	Nominee
President:	Joe Biden
Succeeding:	Stephen T. Parente
Education:	Duke University (BA) Harvard University (JD, MPH, PhD)

Rebecca Haffajee is an American lawyer and public health researcher who is the nominee to serve as assistant secretary of health and human services for planning and evaluation. She has served in the role in an acting capacity since March 2021.

Early life and education

Haffajee was raised in Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in women's studies and health policy from Duke University, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, a Master of public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and PhD in health policy from Harvard University.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Haffajee worked as a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She also practices health law at Ropes & Gray and was a legal fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Evaluation (ASPE) . Assistant Secretary for Planning and . 2021-03-24 . Rebecca Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. . 2022-04-15 . HHS.gov . en.
2. Web site: haffajee . 2012-08-31 . Introducing Rebecca Haffajee . 2022-04-15 . Bill of Health . en-US.
3. Web site: Creating fellowing with AIDS/HIV patients in Tanzania . 2022-04-15 . today.duke.edu . 12 January 2004 . en.
4. Web site: 2017-07-24 . Rebecca Haffajee, PhD, JD, MPH CHOP Michigan Medicine . 2022-04-15 . CHOP . en.
5. Web site: Bridging Interests in Law and Public Health, Researcher Studies Opioids Crisis and Other Behavioral Health Policy Issues We Are Michigan Public Health University of Michigan School of Public Health . 2022-04-15 . sph.umich.edu . en.
6. Web site: 2022-04-15 . President Biden Announces Key Nominees . 2022-04-15 . The White House . en-US.