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Sylvia Trent-Adams | |
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| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health | |
| In office January 2, 2019 –September 30, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy Surgeon General of the United States | |
| In office October 25,2015 –January 2,2019 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Vivek Murthy |
| Succeeded by | Erica Schwartz |
| Surgeon General of the United States Acting | |
| In office April 21,2017 –September 5,2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Vivek Murthy |
| Succeeded by | Jerome Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 15,1965 Lynchburg,Virginia,U.S. |
| Education | Hampton University (BS) University of Maryland,Baltimore (MS) University of Maryland,Baltimore County (PhD) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army  USPHS Commissioned Corps |
| Years of service | 1987–1992 (Army) 1992–2020 (Public Health Service) |
| Rank |  Rear Admiral |
Sylvia Trent-Adams (born June 15,1965) [1] is a retired U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral,who last served as the principal deputy assistant secretary for health from January 2,2019 to August 31,2020. [2] She previously served as the deputy surgeon general of the United States from October 25,2015 to January 2,2019. Trent-Adams also served as the acting surgeon general of the United States from April 21,2017 to September 5,2017. She retired from the U.S. Public Health Service on September 30,2020 after over 33 years of combined uniformed service. [3] On October 5,2020,Trent-Adams was named to the board of directors for AMN Healthcare. [4] May 19,2022,Trent-Adams was named to the board of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). [5] From 2020-2022,Trent-Adams served as the Executive Vice President,Chief Strategy Officer at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC),Fort Worth,TX. [6] In 2022 she became the President of UNTHSC, [7] and during her tenure the university was awarded a $150 million grant to research Alzheimer’s disease,the largest grant in the UNT system’s history. Dr. Trent-Adams also oversaw the launch of a new College of Nursing at UNTHSC. [8] She stepped down as President on January 31,2025,following revelations about the institution’s controversial use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. The decision comes months after an NBC News investigation exposed the center’s practice of dissecting and leasing out unclaimed corpses without the consent of families or next of kin. NBC News reported in September that over five years,the Fort Worth-based center had acquired approximately 2,350 unclaimed bodies from local counties. This operation generated about $2.5 million annually. [9] On July 14,Trent-Adams became President and CEO of IHI.
