HHS Deputy Secretary Meets with Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Children

May 9, 2006 - The Honorable Mary Harney T.D., Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Health and Children, of the Republic of Ireland, led a delegation to meet with the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, to discuss cancer care, and the U.S.-Ireland Research and Development Partnership. Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director of the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) also joined the meeting. On June 28-29, Dr. Clancy will be attending a meeting on patient safety in Dublin, Ireland.

Tánaiste Mary Harney is on a U.S. study tour focused on cancer research and prevention and will be visiting the HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the NIH Clinical Center and will meet with NCI Deputy Director John Niederhuber, M.D., later in the week.

Last revised: November 21, 2007