Mary T. Bassett

Mary Travis Bassett likita ce 'yar Amurka kuma mai bincike kan lafiyar jama'a. Bassett ita ce Kwamishinar Lafiya ta 17 a Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Jihar New York, ta yi aiki daga Satumba 2021 zuwa Disamba 2022.   Daga 2014 zuwa 2018, ta kasance kwamishinar Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Tsabtace Hankali ta Birnin New York .

Bassett ita ce tsohuwar Daraktar Cibiyar Lafiya da Haƙƙin Dan Adam ta FXB a Jami'ar Harvard kuma Farfesar FXB ce a fannin Lafiya da Haƙƙin Dan Adam a Makarantar Lafiyar Jama'a ta Harvard .  Ita kuma farfesa ce a fannin cututtukan da suka shafi asibiti a Makarantar Lafiyar Jama'a ta Jami'ar Columbia . 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Bassett ta girma a birnin New York kuma ta halarci Makarantar Al'adu ta Fieldston .  Iyayenta su ne Dr. Emmett W. Bassett, ƙwararriyar masaniyar sinadarai mai digirin digirgir a fannin kiwo daga Cibiyar Tuskegee kuma ƙwararriyar mai bincike ta farko a fannin, da kuma Priscilla Bassett, ƙwararriyar mai kula da laburare kuma mai fafutuka.  Bassett ta bayyana a matsayin Baƙar fata 'yar Amurka.  Bassett ta sami digirin digirgir a tarihi da kimiyya daga Jami'ar Harvard a 1974, digirin digirgir a Kwalejin Likitoci da Likitocin Fida ta Jami'ar Columbia a 1979, da digirin digirgir a Ayyukan Lafiya (Binciken Manufofin Lafiya) daga Jami'ar Washington a 1985.    Ta kammala karatunta na likitanci a Cibiyar Asibitin Harlem . 

 Sana'a 
Bassett ta zauna a Zimbabwe daga 1985 zuwa 2002, a lokacin ne ta yi aiki a sashen likitanci na Jami'ar Zimbabwe . An naɗa ta mataimakiyar kwamishinar inganta lafiya da rigakafin cututtuka a Sashen Lafiya da Tsabtace Hankali na Birnin New York a 2002. "Mary Travis Bassett Biography". NYC.gov. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016. Tun daga shekarar 2009, ta yi aiki a matsayin darektan shirye-shirye na Shirin Lafiyar Afirka na Gidauniyar Taimako ta Doris Duke . 

A watan Janairun 2014, magajin garin birnin New York Bill de Blasio ya naɗa ta a matsayin Kwamishinan Lafiya na birnin New York. Tun lokacin da aka naɗa ta a wannan matsayi, wanda shi ne mafi girma da ta taɓa riƙewa,  ta taimaka wajen jagorantar martanin birnin game da kamuwa da cutar Ebola a Amurka wanda aka fara bayar da rahotonsa a kaka ta 2014.   Ta kuma yi wa 'yan New York jawabi game da barkewar cutar Legionnaires a birninsu.  A watan Fabrairun 2015, ta rubuta wani rubutu a cikin mujallar New England Journal of Medicine game da mummunan tasirin wariyar launin fata ga 'yan Afirka . 

A watan Nuwamba na 2015, Bassett ta yi jawabi a TEDMED, "Me ya sa likitanka ya kamata ya kula da adalci a zamantakewa." A cikin wannan jawabin, Bassett ta yi magana game da ganin annobar cutar AIDS da kanta a Zimbabwe da kuma kafa asibiti don magancewa da ilmantar da mutane game da cutar. Duk da haka, Bassett ta ce ta yi nadamar rashin yin magana game da rashin daidaito a tsarin mulki a lokacin da take a Zimbabwe. Bassett ta ce irin waɗannan matsalolin tsarin mulki suna nan a Amurka a yau, kuma a matsayinta na Kwamishinan Lafiya na Birnin New York, za ta yi amfani da duk wata dama da ta samu don tattara goyon baya ga daidaito a fannin lafiya da kuma yin magana game da wariyar launin fata. 

A shekarar 2016, an ba Bassett kyautar Frank A. Calderone ta Makarantar Lafiyar Jama'a ta Mailman. An kafa wannan kyautar a shekarar 1986, kuma ita ce babbar kyauta mafi daraja a fannin lafiyar jama'a a Amurka. 

A shekarar 2017, an zaɓe Bassett don zama memba na Kwalejin Magunguna ta Ƙasa .  Oxiris Barbot ya gaje ta a matsayin Kwamishinan Lafiya na Birnin New York a shekarar 2018. A watan Satumba na 2018, Bassett ta zama darektan Cibiyar Lafiya da Haƙƙin Dan Adam ta François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB Center) a Makarantar Lafiyar Jama'a ta Harvard TH Chan . 

 Kwamishinan Lafiya na Jihar New York (2021–2023) 
A watan Satumba na 2021, Gwamnan New York Kathy Hochul ta naɗa Bassett a matsayin Kwamishinan Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Jihar New York, inda ta maye gurbin Howard Zucker . Ta hau mulki a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 2021, inda ta ɗauki hutu daga Harvard. 

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya hau mulki, Bassett ya fitar da wata sanarwa game da rarraba magungunan COVID-19 marasa inganci. Jagorar ta lura cewa "ya kamata a ɗauki ƙabilar da ba farare ba ko ƙabilar Hispanic/Latino a matsayin abin da ke haifar da rashin lafiya mai tsanani." Wannan shigar ta haifar da ƙalubalen shari'a, ciki har da ƙarar da Farfesa William A. Jacobson na Cornell Law ya shigar yana mai cewa wannan umarni ya nuna wariya ga launin fata.  A ƙarshe an yi watsi da shari'ar saboda rashin cancanta, kodayake kotun ta lura cewa majiyyacin da aka hana shi magani bisa ga wannan umarni zai iya samun nasarar da'awa. 

Bassett ta yi murabus daga mukamin tun daga ranar 1 ga Janairun 2023, inda ta bayyana sha'awarta ta komawa aikinta a Harvard. 

 Komawa zuwa Harvard (2023–2025) 
Bassett ta koma matsayinta na Darakta a Cibiyar FXB da ke Harvard a watan Janairun 2023. A wannan lokacin, Cibiyar ta faɗaɗa "Shirin Falasɗinu don Lafiya da 'Yancin Dan Adam." A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Bassett, shirin ya mayar da hankali kan tasirin lafiya na halin da ake ciki a Falasɗinu, musamman yin aiki tare da Jami'ar Birzeit don nazarin tasirin mamayar Isra'ila kan lafiyar ƙananan yara a Yammacin Kogin Jordan . 

Shirye-shiryen Cibiyar sun fuskanci bincike. A watan Afrilun 2025, wani rahoto da Kwamitin Shugaban Kasa na Harvard ya fitar kan kyamar Yahudawa da kuma nuna wariya ga Isra'ila ya soki Cibiyar FXB, yana zargin cewa wasu daga cikin shirye-shiryenta na ilimi sun gabatar da "ra'ayi mai ban tsoro" game da Isra'ila. Tsohon shugaban Harvard Larry Summers ya yi adawa da hadin gwiwar da ke tsakaninsa da Jami'ar Birzeit.

 Cire daga Cibiyar FXB (2025) 
A ranar 9 ga Disamba, 2025, an nemi Bassett ta yi murabus daga mukamin darakta na Cibiyar FXB kuma an gaya mata ta bar ofishinta kafin ƙarshen 2025, kuma ranar da za a dakatar da ita daga aiki za ta fara aiki a ranar 9 ga Janairu, 2026.  "New York Health Commissioner Mary Bassett to resign". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30. Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli ne ya sanar da murabus ɗin da aka tilasta masa, wanda ya bayyana cewa cibiyar za ta fuskanci "tsarin dabarun" don mai da hankali kan lafiyar yara da ci gabanta na farko. "FXB Center update". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 9 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

Wannan shawara ta jawo hankali sosai. Sama da rassan jami'a 400 ne suka sanya hannu kan wata takarda da ke kira da a mayar da ita bakin aiki, inda suka bayyana cire ta a matsayin abin da ya shafi siyasa da kuma danganta ta da mayar da hankali kan cibiyar kan Falasdinu. "FXB Center update". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 9 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025. Duk da cewa jami'an Harvard ba su bayyana koke-koken siyasa a bainar jama'a a matsayin dalilin sauyin ba, jaridar New York Times ta lura cewa ficewar ta biyo bayan matsin lamba mai tsanani game da yadda jami'ar ke tafiyar da fafutukar jami'a da kuma sukar da Hukumar Aiki ta yi wa Shirin Falasdinu na cibiyar a baya. 

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