Frank Edward Young was an American physician who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1984 to 1989 and later as a deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In 2013 he joined Braeburn Pharmaceuticals as executive vice president,clinical and regulatory affairs. In 2018,he became the executive vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs at TissueTech Inc.
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States,providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation of 146 VA Medical Centers (VAMC) with integrated outpatient clinics,772 Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC),and 134 VA Community Living Centers Programs. It is the largest division in the department,and second largest in the entire federal government,employing over 350,000 employees. All VA hospitals,clinics and medical centers are owned by and operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs,and all of the staff employed in VA hospitals are federal employees. Because of this,veterans that qualify for VHA healthcare do not pay premiums or deductibles for their healthcare but may have to make copayments depending on the medical procedure. VHA is not a part of the US Department of Defense Military Health System.
Herbert Clark Hoover Conaway Jr. is an American physician and politician,who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998,where he represents the 7th Legislative District.
The Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health is a sub-cabinet position in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Formerly known as the Chief Medical Director of Veterans Health,the Undersecretary is the highest official directly responsible to the Secretary for the Veterans Health Administration,which is the largest agency within the department. Although the position is no longer required to be held by a licensed physician,senior medical professionals such as hospital administrators are typically the preferred selectee for nomination,based on both demonstrated ability in the medical profession or health care administration,and with substantial experience in Veterans healthcare or similar programs.
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. New Jersey's State Board of Health was established in 1877. Its administrative functions were vested in the Department of Health,which was created in 1947. In 1996,the latter was renamed the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). In 2012,senior services programs moved back into the Department of Human Services,and DHSS again became the Department of Health.
Virtua Health is an academic non-profit healthcare system in southern New Jersey that operates a network of hospitals,surgery centers,physician practices,and more. Virtua is South Jersey's largest health care provider. The main headquarters are located in Marlton.
Morristown Medical Center (MMC) is a 735 bed non-profit,tertiary,research and academic medical center located in Morristown,New Jersey,serving northern New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area. The hospital is the flagship facility of Atlantic Health System and is the largest medical center in the system,as well as in Morris County and all of northwestern New Jersey. Morristown Medical Center is affiliated with the Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University.
Brenda S. "Sue" Fulton is a former American government official and former military officer who has served as the assistant secretary of veterans affairs for public and intergovernmental affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. She commissioned in the United States Army as a signal officer,serving as both a platoon leader and company commander in Germany before receiving an honorable discharge at the rank of captain.
Britnee N. Timberlake is an American Democratic Party elected official,community advocate,nonprofit executive,and humanitarian. She has represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since January 2024,when she became New Jersey's youngest state senator. Before she took office in the senate,Timberlake had represented the 34th District in the New Jersey General Assembly from January 29,2018,when she was sworn in to replace Sheila Oliver,who took office as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. Timberlake had served as Freeholder President of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders,where she was at the time the state's only African-American woman to serve as a freeholder board leader.
Kevin Stephen Corbett is an American transportation and economic development executive. He became President and CEO of New Jersey Transit (NJT),the New Jersey state public transportation agency,in February 2018.
Andrew Kim is an American politician and former diplomat who is a United States senator-elect from New Jersey. He has served as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district since 2019. The district encompasses Philadelphia's eastern suburbs along southern and central New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party,he worked in the U.S. State Department before his election to Congress in 2018.
The 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent governor Phil Murphy was first elected in 2017 with 56% of the vote and won re-election to a second term. Murphy and his running mate,Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver,defeated the Republican ticket of Jack Ciattarelli and Diane Allen,51.2% to 48%.
The 2018 United States adenovirus outbreak was an occurrence in which an unusual number of adenovirus cases were reported at two locations,one in Maryland and one in New Jersey,from September to December 2018,resulting in deaths in both states. At least 35 people contracted the disease in each location of the outbreak. In New Jersey,the ill ranged in age from toddlers to adults,and eleven children died. It was "one of the nation's deadliest long-term-care outbreaks" and "one of the nation's worst recorded outbreaks of the [adeno]virus." The adenovirus outbreak led to the passage of new legislation in 2019 concerning the containment of outbreaks in long-term care centers in New Jersey.
Judith Persichilli is an American nurse and health care executive and the 22nd Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health for the State of New Jersey. Prior to her nomination she was interim president/CEO of University Hospital in Newark.
Ocean University Medical Center (OUMC),formerly Ocean Medical Center,is a 318-bed non-profit,short-term acute care teaching hospital located in Brick Township,Ocean County,New Jersey,providing tertiary and healthcare needs for the northern Jersey Shore and Central Jersey.
Howard David Krein is an American otolaryngologist,plastic surgeon,and business executive. He is the husband of Ashley Biden,the daughter of U.S. president Joe Biden. He is a professor of otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University and is a founding partner and co-director of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's Facial Aesthetic and Reconstructive Center. Krein is the chief medical officer at StartUp Health,a venture capital and health technology firm. He served on the Biden Cancer Initiative's board of directors from 2017 to 2019. Krein advised the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign on its COVID-19 pandemic response in an unofficial role.
The 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 4,2025,to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Democratic Governor Phil Murphy is term-limited and therefore ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.
Lisa J. Hou,D.O. is an American physician and major general. As of July 2024,she is the Director of the Office of the Joint Surgeon General at the National Guard Bureau. She served as the Adjutant General of the New Jersey National Guard and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs from 2021 to 2024. She was the first Asian American and first female Adjutant General in the state.
The 2023 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 7,2023. New Jersey voters elected state senators in all of the state's legislative districts for a four-year term to the New Jersey Senate. This was the first election after redistricting following the 2020 United States census. The winners of these elections were sworn in on January 9,2024.
