Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams has served as senior vice president and chief strategy officer of the University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) since last fall.
Before retiring from the uniformed branch of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS), she spent more than 25 years in service.
From 2015 through 2018, she led more than 6,000 officers on the front lines of public health as deputy surgeon general. Trent-Adams held the position of acting surgeon general in 2017, the first non-physician to hold the spot.
Prior, Trent-Adams worked in the HIV/AIDS Bureau managing the $2.3 billion Ryan White Program, which funds medical care, treatment, referrals, and support services for uninsured and underserved people living with HIV. From 2013 to 2016, she served as USPHS's Chief Nurse Officer.
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