Rachel Levine

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/rachel-levine

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1. When was Rachel Levine born?October 28, 1957
2. What is the academic appointments?Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine
3. Who is Rachel Levine?Rachel Levine is a doctor who cares for children’s health and works as a public health leader. She made history as the first openly transgender person to hold a major government job.
4. What jobs did she have in Pennsylvania?She was the Pennsylvania Physician General from 2015 to 2017, giving medical advice to the state. Then she became Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health from 2017 to 2021.

Gender Identity: A person's internal sense of being male, female, both, neither, or somewhere else along the gender spectrum.
Gender-Affirming Care: Medical care that supports and affirms a person's gender identity, which may include hormone therapy or surgery.
Uniformed Services: Branches of government service that require personnel to wear a uniform, such as the military and the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Health Policy: Decisions, plans, and actions undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society.