TY - JOUR T1 - Newsmakers: February 2016 JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - E4 LP - E4 VL - 46 IS - 1 AU - Natalie McGill Y1 - 2016/02/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/46/1/E4.abstract N2 - APHA award winner Herminia Palacio, MD, MPH, in January was appointed deputy mayor for health and human services for New York City. Previously, Palacio served as director of Advancing Change Leadership at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as executive director of Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services in Houston and as senior policy advisor for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Palacio received the 2007 Award of Excellence in Health Administration from APHA’s Health Administration Section for her work in helping New Orleans residents living in Houston after being displaced following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. ER -