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NICHQ CEO Charlie Homer Appointed to Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children

February 2011

NICHQ’s President and CEO, Charles Homer, MD, MPH, has been appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius to serve on the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Homer's four-year term will begin October 1, 2011.