1 Karen B. DeSalvo is Acting Assistant Secretary for Health with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Washington, DC. Patrick W. O'Carroll is Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Science and Medicine) with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS. Denise Koo is Advisor to the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS, on detail from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). John M. Auerbach is Associate Director for Policy with CDC, Atlanta, GA. Judith A. Monroe, MD, is Director, Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support with CDC.