my colleagues at hhs welcome to the 2022 division of health and also human services departmental honors ceremony thank you for end of the year of remarkable work and also to our 2022 hhs departmental honor champions congratulations offer yourselves a round of praise hand bumps and also high fives this year we delight in to recognize the impressive payments that 17 individuals and 15 teams and a group of volunteers made to hhs in 2021 while our typical in-person awards ceremony is missing this year i'' m happy to report that we intend on returning to an in-person ceremony in 2023 fingers went across so until then unwind kick back grab yourself some popcorn as well as prepare to celebrate the very best of the ideal at hhs the 2022 hhs department awards are a huge offer they provide us an opportunity to acknowledge your work your initiative as well as your success and also to highlight the people as well as teams who set the standard of equal quality for the remainder of us to comply with individuals like dr robert johnson from the workplace of the assistant secretary for preparedness and feedback his leadership in clinical countermeasures advancement and production has been crucial in the entire of government action to wish for 19.
jody nudelman from the office sorry concerning that jody from the office of examiner general her advancement of more reliable ways to utilize information to maximize partnerships to utilize oig oversight and to assist public as well as personal companions to oversee hhs bucks as well as recipients helped us safeguard hhs recipients from the coven 19 pandemic as well as the opioid epidemic as well as john baikal from the national institute of health and wellness john worked non-stop to layout and apply clinical trials to review possible therapies and an investigative vaccine against covet 19 in order to prevent or reduce the length and intensity of the illness leslie chefs a talented legal representative seasoned policy specialist relied on advisor and also across the country acknowledged food and also medication legislation authority at the fda that has actually dedicated her occupation as an excellent public servant dedicated to public health and bettering the lives of americans now just as we are excited to identify our 2021 superstars we'' re equally enjoyed honor our hhs teams that succeeded this in 2014 bottom line we are successful at hhs by functioning as a group so today we will certainly recognize teams like the assistant secretary for administrations procedure artemis and operation allies welcome volunteer groups the teams showed the best of hhs via their unfaltering work to take care of unaccompanied children entering our nation the hersa management'' s university hospital yearn for 19 vaccination program team this team well they function to guarantee our country'' s underserved communities and susceptible populaces are equitably vaccinated against covet 19.
then there'' s nih ' s nationwide institute of allergy as well as infectious diseases division of medical research covet 19 feedback group the group'' s effort to assess new medical countermeasures better notifies worldwide public wellness policy in the therapy and also prevention of covet 19. outstanding stuff all of us have every factor to be pleased with belonging of the hhs group so to every one of the awardees today thank you for setting the high requirement for the rest of us thanks for constantly going above and past for our division and also the public and thanks for increasing to the obstacles throughout among the most tough years in our country'' s background allow ' s remain to accomplish our goal in 2022 i look forward to seeing what mountains you overcome following till we gather once again for the 2023 hhs departmental honors event thank you all quite [Music] welcome to the hhs department awards virtual ceremony we'' re below to celebrate the wonderful success of hhs workers from the 2021 our first classification is the assistant'' s award for recognized solution this honor identifies extraordinary contributions or outstanding accomplishments above as well as beyond typical needs that lead to the improvement of functional or program effectiveness such as improving the effectiveness or efficiency as well as completing the goal and objectives of hhs the champions are covet 19 reaction group assistant secretary for funds [Music] department of clinical research covet 19 response team national institutes of health and wellness [Music] john beagle nationwide institutes of health and wellness funds action team centers for condition control and also avoidance [Songs] [Songs] do global covet 19 injection transfer group aide secretary for readiness as well as reaction robert johnson assistant secretary for preparedness and also reaction jody nudelman workplace of assessor basic worldwide covet 19 vaccine transfer safety and security team assistant secretary for preparedness and feedback operation artemis and also operation allies welcome volunteer team assistant secretary for administration [Songs] quick velocity of diagnostics campaign nationwide institutes of wellness [Music] do [Music] [Songs] [Music] our following group is the secretary'' s award for praiseworthy solution this award identifies extraordinary leadership and sustained achievements beforehand the goal as well as objectives of hhs and also employees that performed in an exemplary manner to establish a record of accomplishment that will certainly influence others to boost the quality and amount of their work the champions are covet 19 vaccination project control team aide secretary for readiness and feedback [Songs] health and wellness facility long for 19 vaccination program health sources as well as solutions management karen frank nationwide institutes of wellness rule health and wellness center cova team wellness resources and also services management covet 19 therapeutics group aide secretary for readiness and also action field operations team aide secretary for preparedness and also feedback [Music] center for drug abuse prevention and also harm reduction team chemical abuse and also psychological health solutions management covet 19 inoculation team centers for disease control as well as prevention aaron bandreamer assistant secretary for preparedness as well as reaction gerlinda silversmith indian health solution our next category is the hhs award for quality in administration this award recognizes employees significant achievements or payments in enhancing their department'' s efficiency which caused high performance efficiency operational effectiveness imaginative issue addressing and strengthening partnership throughout hhs and or an additional government company the winners are christopher o'' connell drug abuse and mental wellness services administration angelica o'' connor facilities for disease control and also avoidance aaron hall facilities for illness control and also prevention kimberly armstrong assistant secretary for readiness as well as reaction leighton chan nationwide institutes of health next we have the hubert h humphrey award for service to america group this honor identifies outstanding achievements that add to the renovation of the health and wellness and quality of the country solutions demonstrated via established or boosted functional or program effectiveness efficiency or performance that profited the health safety as well as health of the american individuals the winners are workplace of evacuee and also resettlement team administration for kids and families [Music] [Music] [Music] [Songs] and wanda jones office of the aide secretary for health and wellness our next classification is the job achievement award this honor acknowledges hhs workers with 10 or more years at hhs who have actually shown a record of exceptional accomplishments and a high criterion of excellence and also dedication throughout their career the winners are barbara marston centers for disease control and also prevention leslie cooks fda elaine s jaffe nationwide institutes of wellness richard gorman aide secretary for preparedness and action linda carbon monoxide national institutes of wellness next we have the mary brodie henderson phone call to solution award this award recognizes workers that through their volunteer solution make a direct as well as consequential influence towards achieving the department'' s goal the champion is unaccompanied minors implementation volunteers wellness sources and also services administration as well as management for children and also families [Songs] our final group is the 50-year length of solution this award recognizes hhs employees with 50 or even more years of federal service for their commitment to civil service the victors are sandcarr a d.a nationwide institutes of health robert crouch nationwide institutes of wellness janice chu national institutes of wellness richard wyatt national institutes of wellness susan sharow nationwide institutes of wellness elaine s jaffe nationwide institutes of wellness bernard talbot national institutes of health and wellness philip huntington health and wellness resources and services management arlene pedestrian health and wellness sources and solutions administration elizabeth tansky health and wellness resources and services administration iris shimizu centers for illness control and avoidance margaret carroll facilities for disease control as well as avoidance gregory raymond fda jane silver food and drug administration jeffrey silberberg fda robin spencer fda eudora sadanji facilities for medicare as well as medicaid solutions toba feyman facilities for medicare and also medicaid solutions introductions coworkers i am sheryl campbell the assistant secretary for the management below at the division of health as well as human solutions those were some impressive accomplishments made by some of our amazing coworkers right here across the division over the in 2014 congratulations to this year'' s honor winners these are just a couple of remarkable efforts that hhs staff members service every day during these critical times when civil service is required one of the most we are thankful to be able to take a moment and celebrate several of the remarkable accomplishments like responding to a worldwide pandemic supplying treatment as well as assistance to some of our most susceptible groups and also maintaining the health and wellness of all americans throughout civil service recognition week please assess your role in civil service and also the influence that we together as hhs workers carry the nation and the globe once again congratulations to our award winners this recognition is well deserved this ends the department honor online ceremony congratulations to all our champions and thank you for enjoying [Music] generated by the u.s division of health and human 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