President Biden chooses Advisory Board Chair

President Biden has designated Henry A. Anderson, M.D., as the Chair of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), effective June 2, 2021. ABRWH has been without a chair since the passing of Dr. James Melius in January of 2018.

Dr. Anderson has been a member of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health since 2009 and previously from 2001 to 2006. He is an occupational physician, a former Wisconsin State Health Officer, and the retired Chief Medical Officer of the Wisconsin Department of Occupational and Environmental Health.

Dr. Anderson has four decades of experience in preventive medicine, occupational and environmental health, and epidemiology and has served as chair and member for a host of scientific and technical committees serving the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies and scientific organizations.

Cold War Patriots congratulates Dr. Anderson on his Presidential appointment and wishes him well in his new role.