Redigerer Brett Giroir (avsnitt)

==Biografi==
Giroir tok eksamen fra den katolske [[Jesuit High School (New Orleans)|Jesuit High School]] for gutter i [[New Orleans]] i Louisiana.<ref>[https://www.umnews.org/en/news/covid-19-testing-czar-gets-home-church-support "COVID-19 testing czar gets home church support"]</ref> Han tok utdannelse i [[biologi]] ved [[Harvard University]] (''[[magna cum laude]]'', i 1982).<ref name="hhs.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/brett-giroir/index.html |title=ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D. |publisher=HHS.gov |date=19. desember 2019 |accessdate=12. mai 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/03/27/trumps-covid-19-testing-czar-spent-decades-in-texas-preparing-for-a-pandemic/ "Trump's COVID-19 testing czar spent decades in Texas preparing for a pandemic"]</ref>

Giroir har sin medisinutdannelse fra [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center]] og [[Spesialist (lege)|spesialistutdannelse]] fra [[Parkland Hospital|Parkland Memorial Hospital]] i [[Dallas]].

Som assisterende helseminister har Giroir ansvar for [[U.S. Public Health Service]] og enheter i [[Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet (USA)|Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet]] med virksomhet relatert til [[folkehelse]]. 

I 2020 tiltrådte han tillegsoppgaven som direktør for USAs [[Covid-19-testing]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/trump-coronavirus-testing-128048 Trump administration rolls out new coronavirus push, names HHS testing czar; "HHS official vows to pursue research 'alternatives' to aborted fetal tissue"]</ref> og som USAs representant til [[Verdens helseorganisasjon]]s styre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Written Statement by ADM Brett P. Giroir to WHO's 147th Executive Board|url=https://geneva.usmission.gov/2020/05/22/written-statement-by-adm-brett-p-giroir-to-whos-147th-executive-board/|date=22. mai 2020|website=U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva|language=en-US|access-date=25. mai 2020}}</ref> Han sluttet som direktør for koronavirustestingen for å vende tilbake til sin primære oppgave som assisterende helseminister i midten av juni 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=White House Coronavirus Testing Czar To Stand Down|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/01/867431135/white-house-coronavirus-testing-czar-to-stand-down|last=Simmons-Duffin|first=Selena|publisher=NPR|date=1. juni 2020|language=en|access-date=15. juni 2020}}</ref>