Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Former Harvard Medical School professor and CDC vaccine adviser Dr. Martin Kulldorff has been appointed to a senior role at the Department of Health and Human Services, where he will provide policy advice to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kulldorff, an epidemiologist and biostatistician, will become the chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, or ASPE, the department announced Monday. He most recently chaired the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
"Martin Kulldorff transformed ACIP from a rubber stamp into a committee that delivers gold-standard science for the American people," Kennedy said. "I'm glad to welcome him to my team to help develop bold, evidence-based policies to Make America Healthy Again."
Kulldorff's ascension to the CDC and now the HHS is receiving some pushback after he claimed he was fired from Harvard, and from his work as an epidemiologist at Mass General Brigham in 2021, for "objecting both publicly and privately" to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
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