| **About the Editor**

Susan J. Blumenthal, MD, MPA, is a national expert inwomen’s health and mental illness and has been a leader in bringing these importantpublic health issues to scientific and public attention. In April 1994, Dr Blumenthal wasappointed the country’s first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health. Inthis position, she directs the Offices on Women’s Health in the Department of Healthand Human Services that oversees and coordinates research, services and education programsand activities across the agencies of the Department of Health and Human Servicesincluding NIH, CDC, and the FDA, and works with other governmental organizations, consumerand health care professional groups to advance women’s health. She also serves asAssistant Surgeon General and Rear Admiral in the United States Public Health Service andas a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine. Dr Blumenthal isresponsible for the coordination and implementation of the National Action Plan for BreastCancer, a major public-private partnership that should make significant progress in thebattle against this disease. For the 12 years prior to her current appointment, shedirected major national research programs at the National Institutes of Health. DrBlumenthal is a member of numerous governmental and professional organization committeesincluding serving as a member of the President’s Interagency Council on Women, as theUnited States representative to the World Health Organization’s Global Commission onWomen’s Health, as Chair of the Federal Coordinating Committees on Women’sHealth and Steering Committee on Domestic Violence. She has authored numerous scientificarticles and books and has developed major national education programs on women’shealth issues and on mental illness. Dr Blumenthal has received numerous awards fromhealth care professional and consumer organizations, including an honorary doctorate, andhas been awarded several of the highest honors of the United States Public Health Servicefor her outstanding scientific contributions and distinguished national leadership inwomen’s health and mental illness research and education. 

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