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'''Rachel Leland Levine''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|v|iː|n}}; born October 28, 1957)<ref name=QNotes>{{cite news |title=LGBT History Month — October 22: Rachel Levine |url=https://goqnotes.com/61545/lgbt-history-month-october-22-rachel-levine/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[Q-Notes]] |date=October 22, 2018}}</ref> <!-- Levine was not notable under her prior name, so MOS:DEADNAME recommends excluding her former name. -->is an American [[pediatrics|pediatrician]] and a [[Admiral (United States)|four-star admiral]] in the [[United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps]] who has been the United States [[assistant secretary for health]] since March 26, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH)|date=March 26, 2021|title=Rachel L. Levine, M.D.|url=https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/rachel-levine.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 27, 2021|website=HHS.gov|language=en}}</ref> She is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the [[Penn State College of Medicine]], and previously served as the Pennsylvania physician general from 2015 to 2017, then as secretary of the [[Pennsylvania Department of Health]] from 2017 to 2021.<ref name="PA Health Secretary replacement">{{cite web |title=Gov. Wolf to Nominate Alison Beam as Secretary of Health, Names Dr. Wendy Braund as Interim Acting Physician General |url=https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-to-nominate-alison-beam-as-secretary-of-health-names-dr-wendy-braund-as-interim-acting-physician-general/ |website=Governor's Office |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 29, 2021 |date=January 22, 2021}}</ref> Levine is one of only a few [[Coming out#Transgender identity and coming out|openly]] [[transgender]] government officials in the United States,<ref name="WP">{{cite web|last1=Zezima|first1=Katie|date=June 1, 2016|title=Meet Rachel Levine, one of the very few transgender public officials in America|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-rachel-levine-one-of-the-very-few-transgender-public-officials-in-america/2016/06/01/cf6e2332-2415-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329053607/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-rachel-levine-one-of-the-very-few-transgender-public-officials-in-america/2016/06/01/cf6e2332-2415-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html|archive-date=March 29, 2020|access-date=March 28, 2020|website=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> and is the first to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Eileen|date=January 19, 2021|title=Biden's pick for Health and Human Services role would be first transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/rachel-levine-transgender-health-human-services.html|access-date=January 19, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Weissert|first=Will|date=January 19, 2021|title=Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-pandemics-biden-cabinet-health-coronavirus-pandemic-4eee53439e9c2b4c27fcf4e7f572cb0e|url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> On October 19, 2021, Levine became the first openly transgender four-star officer in the nation's eight uniformed services with her commission as a [[List of United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps four-star admirals|four-star admiral]] in the [[United States Public Health Service]].
'''Rachel Leland Levine''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|v|iː|n}}) (born '''Richard Leland Levine'''; October 28, 1957)<ref name=QNotes>{{cite news |title=LGBT History Month — October 22: Rachel Levine |url=https://goqnotes.com/61545/lgbt-history-month-october-22-rachel-levine/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[Q-Notes]] |date=October 22, 2018}}</ref> <!-- Levine was not notable under her prior name, so MOS:DEADNAME recommends excluding her former name. -->is an American [[pediatrics|pediatrician]] and a [[Admiral (United States)|four-star admiral]] in the [[United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps]] who has been the United States [[assistant secretary for health]] since March 26, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH)|date=March 26, 2021|title=Rachel L. Levine, M.D.|url=https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/rachel-levine.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 27, 2021|website=HHS.gov|language=en}}</ref> She is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the [[Penn State College of Medicine]], and previously served as the Pennsylvania physician general from 2015 to 2017, then as secretary of the [[Pennsylvania Department of Health]] from 2017 to 2021.<ref name="PA Health Secretary replacement">{{cite web |title=Gov. Wolf to Nominate Alison Beam as Secretary of Health, Names Dr. Wendy Braund as Interim Acting Physician General |url=https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-to-nominate-alison-beam-as-secretary-of-health-names-dr-wendy-braund-as-interim-acting-physician-general/ |website=Governor's Office |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 29, 2021 |date=January 22, 2021}}</ref> Levine is one of only a few [[Coming out#Transgender identity and coming out|openly]] [[transgender]] government officials in the United States,<ref name="WP">{{cite web|last1=Zezima|first1=Katie|date=June 1, 2016|title=Meet Rachel Levine, one of the very few transgender public officials in America|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-rachel-levine-one-of-the-very-few-transgender-public-officials-in-america/2016/06/01/cf6e2332-2415-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329053607/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-rachel-levine-one-of-the-very-few-transgender-public-officials-in-america/2016/06/01/cf6e2332-2415-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html|archive-date=March 29, 2020|access-date=March 28, 2020|website=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> and is the first to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Eileen|date=January 19, 2021|title=Biden's pick for Health and Human Services role would be first transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/rachel-levine-transgender-health-human-services.html|access-date=January 19, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Weissert|first=Will|date=January 19, 2021|title=Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-pandemics-biden-cabinet-health-coronavirus-pandemic-4eee53439e9c2b4c27fcf4e7f572cb0e|url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> On October 19, 2021, Levine became the first openly transgender four-star officer in the nation's eight uniformed services with her commission as a [[List of United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps four-star admirals|four-star admiral]] in the [[United States Public Health Service]].


==Early life and education ==
==Early life and education ==
Levine was born on October 28, 1957, and is originally from [[Wakefield, Massachusetts]].<ref name=QNotes/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodin-Smith |first1=Oona |title=What to know about Rachel Levine, the history-making Pa. health official tapped for Biden administration |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/rachel-levine-joe-biden-assistant-health-secretary-hhs-transgender-pennsylvania-20210119.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> Her parents, Melvin and Lillian Levine, were both lawyers.<ref name="DickinsonCollege">{{cite news|last=Loveland|first=Barry|date=February 6, 2017|title=LGBT Oral History: Rachel Levine|work=LGBT Center of Central PA History Project Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections|location=Carlisle, PA, USA|url=http://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/files_lgbt/LGBT-interview-transcription-Levine-Rachel-064.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=July 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716190848/http://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/files_lgbt/LGBT-interview-transcription-Levine-Rachel-064.pdf|archive-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> She has a sister, Bonnie Levine, who is four years older.<ref name=DickinsonCollege/> Levine is Jewish and grew up attending [[Hebrew school]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jewish-woman-welcomed-as-transgender-states-new-physician-general/|title=Jewish woman welcomed as transgender, state's new physician general|date=June 24, 2015|website=Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle|access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref> Levine earned a high school diploma from [[Belmont Hill School]] in [[Belmont, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 24, 2016|title=Dr. Rachel Levine '75 Offers Timely Message for Students|url=https://www.belmonthill.org/news-detail?pk=884867|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=Belmont Hill School|language=en}}</ref>
Born Richard Leland Levine<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zezima|first=Katie|date=2016-06-01|title=Meet Rachel Levine, one of the very few transgender public officials in America|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-rachel-levine-one-of-the-very-few-transgender-public-officials-in-america/2016/06/01/cf6e2332-2415-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html|access-date=2021-10-19|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> on October 28, 1957, and originally from [[Wakefield, Massachusetts]], <ref name=QNotes/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodin-Smith |first1=Oona |title=What to know about Rachel Levine, the history-making Pa. health official tapped for Biden administration |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/rachel-levine-joe-biden-assistant-health-secretary-hhs-transgender-pennsylvania-20210119.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> her parents, Melvin and Lillian Levine, were both lawyers.<ref name="DickinsonCollege">{{cite news|last=Loveland|first=Barry|date=February 6, 2017|title=LGBT Oral History: Rachel Levine|work=LGBT Center of Central PA History Project Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections|location=Carlisle, PA, USA|url=http://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/files_lgbt/LGBT-interview-transcription-Levine-Rachel-064.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=July 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716190848/http://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/files_lgbt/LGBT-interview-transcription-Levine-Rachel-064.pdf|archive-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> She has a sister, Bonnie Levine, who is four years older.<ref name=DickinsonCollege/> Levine is Jewish and grew up attending [[Hebrew school]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jewish-woman-welcomed-as-transgender-states-new-physician-general/|title=Jewish woman welcomed as transgender, state's new physician general|date=June 24, 2015|website=Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle|access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref> Levine earned a high school diploma from [[Belmont Hill School]] in [[Belmont, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 24, 2016|title=Dr. Rachel Levine '75 Offers Timely Message for Students|url=https://www.belmonthill.org/news-detail?pk=884867|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=Belmont Hill School|language=en}}</ref>


Levine graduated from [[Harvard College]] and the [[Tulane University School of Medicine]] and completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in adolescent medicine at the [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Medical Center]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="LancasterOnline" />
Levine graduated from [[Harvard College]] and the [[Tulane University School of Medicine]] and completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in adolescent medicine at the [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Medical Center]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="LancasterOnline" />

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Rachel Levine
17th Assistant Secretary for Health
Assumed office
March 26, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byBrett Giroir
Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health
In office
July 2017 – January 23, 2021
GovernorTom Wolf
Preceded byKaren Murphy
Succeeded byAlison Beam (acting)
Personal details
Born (1957-10-28) October 28, 1957 (age 66)
Spouse
Martha Peaslee
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(m. 1988; div. 2013)​
Children2
EducationHarvard University (BS)
Tulane University (MD)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Years of service2021–present
RankAdmiral

Rachel Leland Levine (/ləˈviːn/) (born Richard Leland Levine; October 28, 1957)[1] is an American pediatrician and a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who has been the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021.[2] She is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine, and previously served as the Pennsylvania physician general from 2015 to 2017, then as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health from 2017 to 2021.[3] Levine is one of only a few openly transgender government officials in the United States,[4] and is the first to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation.[5][6] On October 19, 2021, Levine became the first openly transgender four-star officer in the nation's eight uniformed services with her commission as a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service.

Early life and education

Born Richard Leland Levine[7] on October 28, 1957, and originally from Wakefield, Massachusetts, [1][8] her parents, Melvin and Lillian Levine, were both lawyers.[9] She has a sister, Bonnie Levine, who is four years older.[9] Levine is Jewish and grew up attending Hebrew school.[10] Levine earned a high school diploma from Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts.[11]

Levine graduated from Harvard College and the Tulane University School of Medicine and completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in adolescent medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, New York.[12]

Career

Levine had a fellowship at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital from 1988 to 1993[12] where she trained in pediatrics.[13] After moving from Manhattan to central Pennsylvania in 1993,[12] she joined the staff at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. During her tenure there, she created Penn State Hershey Medical Center's adolescent medicine division and eating disorders clinic. She was in charge of the latter when she was nominated for the position of Pennsylvania Physician General in 2015.[12]

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Levine briefing COVID-19 measures with Gov. Tom Wolf at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in June 2020

In 2015, Levine was nominated by Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Wolf to be Pennsylvania's Physician General.[4] In her capacity as Physician General, Levine signed an order that allowed law enforcement officers to carry the anti-overdose medication naloxone. She has credited the drug with saving the lives of almost 1,000 opioid users who had overdosed.[4] She served as Physician General until 2017.

In July 2017, Governor Wolf appointed Levine as Secretary of Health,[14] and she was unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate.[4]

During 2020 and until January 23, 2021, Levine led the public health response on COVID-19 in Pennsylvania as the state secretary of health.[13] She worked closely on a daily basis with the FEMA director and led a daily press briefing.[14]

Biden administration

On February 13, 2021, President Joe Biden formally nominated Levine to be assistant secretary for health.[15] Her confirmation hearing was on February 25 with the Senate HELP Committee.[16] On March 17, the committee voted 13–9 to advance the nomination to a full Senate vote.[17] On March 24, the Senate voted 52–48, with two Republicans joining all members of the Democratic caucus, to confirm her nomination.[18] She is the first openly transgender person to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation;[5][6] earlier transgender federal officials like Amanda Simpson held offices which did not require Senate confirmation.[19][20] On October 19, 2021, Levine was commissioned as a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer in any of the United States uniformed services.

Personal life

Levine has two children.[21] She transitioned in 2011.[22] Levine and her ex-wife, Martha Peaslee Levine,[23][21] married in 1988, during Levine's last year of medical school,[9][4] and divorced in 2013.[24][4] She has served as a board member of Equality Pennsylvania, an LGBT rights organization.[4]

Awards and decorations


Public Health Service Presidential Unit Citation
Public Health Service COVID-19 Pandemic Campaign Medal Public Health Service Regular Corps Ribbon Commissioned Corps Training Ribbon
Assistant Secretary for Health Badge Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Badge

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Publications

  • Fassbender, Laura; Zander, Gwendolyn B.; Levine, Rachel L. (July 2019). "Beyond rescue, treatment, and prevention: understanding the broader impact of the opioid epidemic at the state level". The American Journal of Managed Care. 25 (13 Suppl): S239–S240. PMID 31361432.
  • Ashburn, Michael A.; Levine, Rachel L. (October 1, 2017). "Pennsylvania State Core Competencies for Education on Opioids and Addiction". Pain Medicine. 18 (10): 1890–1894. doi:10.1093/pm/pnw348. PMID 28339890. S2CID 205292295.
  • Mahr, Fauzia; Farahmand, Pantea; Bixler, Edward O.; Domen, Ronald E; Moser, Eileen M.; Nadeem, Tania; Levine, Rachel L.; Halmi, Katherine A. (May 2015). "A national survey of eating disorder training: National Survey of Eating Disorder Training". International Journal of Eating Disorders. 48 (4): 443–445. doi:10.1002/eat.22335. PMID 25047025.
  • McFillin, R. K.; Cahn, S. C.; Burks, V. S.; Levine, M. P.; Loney, S. L.; Levine, R. L. (2012). "Social Information-Processing and Coping in Adolescent Females Diagnosed With an Eating Disorder: Toward a Greater Understanding of Control". Eating Disorders. 20 (1): 42–59. doi:10.1080/10640266.2012.635565. PMID 22188059. S2CID 205730298. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  • Levine, M. M. P.; Levine, R. L. (2010). "Chapter 7 - Psychiatric Medication: Management, Myths, and Mistakes". In Maine, M.; McGilley, B. H.; Bunnell, D. W. (eds.). Treatment of Eating Disorders; Bridging the Research - Practice Gap. Academic Press. pp. 111–126. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-375668-8.10007-5. ISBN 978-0-12-375668-8.
  • Levine, M. P.; Gershenson, B.; Falkinburg, K.; Levine, R. (April 30 – May 2, 2009). Eating disorders in anabaptist patients: Offering insights into the etiology of eating disorders (PDF). International Conference on Eating Disorders 2009. Cancun, Mexico: Academy for Eating Disorders. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  • Levine, M. P.; Levine, R. L. (March 4, 2008). "The Medical Minute: Eating disorder awareness". Penn State News. Hershey, PA, USA. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  • Peters, T. E.; Parvin, M.; Petersen, C.; Faircloth, V. C.; Levine, R. L. (2007). "A case report of Wernicke's encephalopathy in a pediatric patient with anorexia nervosa - restricting type". Journal of Adolescent Health. 40 (4): 376–383. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.11.140. PMID 17367738. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  • Levine, R. L. (2002). "Endocrine aspects of eating disorders in adolescents". Adolescent Medicine. 13 (1): 129–144. PMID 11841960. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  • Ostrov, B. E.; Levine, R. L. (1998). "16. Interactions of puberty with rheumatic diseases, contraception and gynaecological issues". In Isenberg, D. K.; Miller, J. J. III (eds.). Adolescent Rheumatology. Taylor & Francis. pp. 301–324. ISBN 978-1-853-17553-4.
  • Henderson, C. J.; Ostrov, B. E.; Levine, R. L.; Lovell, D. J. (1998). "17. Nutrition and the adolescent with rheumatic disease". In Isenberg, D. K.; Miller, J. J. III (eds.). Adolescent Rheumatology. Taylor & Francis. pp. 325–340. ISBN 978-1-853-17553-4.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "LGBT History Month — October 22: Rachel Levine". Q-Notes. October 22, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) (March 26, 2021). "Rachel L. Levine, M.D." HHS.gov. Retrieved March 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Gov. Wolf to Nominate Alison Beam as Secretary of Health, Names Dr. Wendy Braund as Interim Acting Physician General". Governor's Office. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Zezima, Katie (June 1, 2016). "Meet Rachel Levine, one of the very few transgender public officials in America". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Sullivan, Eileen (January 19, 2021). "Biden's pick for Health and Human Services role would be first transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Weissert, Will (January 19, 2021). "Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary". AP NEWS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Zezima, Katie (June 1, 2016). "Meet Rachel Levine, one of the very few transgender public officials in America". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  8. ^ Goodin-Smith, Oona (January 19, 2021). "What to know about Rachel Levine, the history-making Pa. health official tapped for Biden administration". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Loveland, Barry (February 6, 2017). "LGBT Oral History: Rachel Levine" (PDF). LGBT Center of Central PA History Project Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections. Carlisle, PA, USA. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  10. ^ "Jewish woman welcomed as transgender, state's new physician general". Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. June 24, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  11. ^ "Dr. Rachel Levine '75 Offers Timely Message for Students". Belmont Hill School. October 24, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d Choi-Schagrin, Winston (March 20, 2020). "A 2018 Q&A with Dr. Rachel Levine, now leading state's coronavirus response [from The Caucus archives]". LancasterOnline. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Meet the Transgender Doctor Leading Pennsylvania's COVID-19 Response". www.advocate.com. March 31, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  14. ^ a b DeJesus, Ivey (March 19, 2020). "Who is Rachel Levine? Pa. health secretary offers calm, reassurance amid pandemic". WITF. PennLive.
  15. ^ Diamond, Dan; Schmidt, Samantha. "Rachel Levine, historic transgender nominee, confirmed as assistant health secretary". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  16. ^ "Trans doctor Rachel Levine faces historic Senate confirmation hearing". the Guardian. February 25, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  17. ^ Fields, Aryn (March 17, 2021). "U.S. Senate Committee Votes to Move Forward Dr. Rachel Levine's Nomination for Assistant Secretary for Health". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved March 19, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  19. ^ Burns, Katelyn (January 22, 2021). "Dr. Rachel Levine's historic appointment to the Biden administration, explained". Vox. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  20. ^ Johnson, Chris (January 19, 2021). "Rachel Levine tapped to become first out transgender Senate-confirmed official". Washington Blade. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Inside Tulane Med". tmaaarchive.tulane.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  22. ^ Srikanth, Anagha (January 19, 2021). "Rachel Levine could be the first transgender official confirmed by Congress. Who is she?". The Hill. Retrieved April 16, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "resume www.writerdoc.com". December 29, 2008. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  24. ^ Levine, Martha Peaslee (November 5, 2013). "How Do You Measure Your Life?". Psychology Today.
  25. ^ Dr. Rachel Levine [@HHS_ASH] (October 19, 2021). "Swearing-in of Dr. Rachel Levine to the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, officially becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer in the uniformed services and first female four-star admiral of @USPHS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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