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the World (e.g. in India, Egypt, Mozambique) and Smoking Cessation and
Prevention programs (in India, Thailand, and various countries in South

America.) At FIC, I also helped develop and administer the Fogarty Scholars
and Fellows Program through which graduate students at the
MD/Ph.D./Pharm D./DVM, et al. worked in low or middle income countries

doing health research. This was hailed as the premier program of its kind with
many articles written in peer-reviewed journals. Included in my career of
assistance to America, I also served in the U.S. Public Health Service.

Although I was not involved in any combat conflicts, I received the rank 0-6
(equivalent to Captain in the Navy or Colonel in the Army) in the field of
medical research and global health. My civil service continuously advanced
our U.S. Foreign Policy on Global Health.

I am Sarah L. Richards and I served in the Department of Health and Human
Services from 1976 to 2015. I worked in many crucial positions, and I have

listed a few. I managed over 60 health-care workforce research studies to
better inform Congress and other decision makers of changing health-care
worker supply and demand and how to improve distribution of medical
professionals vital to the Nation's health. In collaboration with the

Department of Labor, I was instrumental and recognized for revising the
“2010 Standard Occupational Classification Manual,” which identifies, codes,
and describes every job category in the United States. This Manual is used as

the base for studies identifying shortages and changes of essential workforce,
imperative for national planning. I directed a division that managed $2 billion
of loans and scholarships to disadvantaged students who could not otherwise

afford to attend medical school, including over 157,000 loans in 20 years in
one program and from 25,000 to 50,000 students annually receiving new
loans or scholarships in other programs. Students were required and/or

encouraged to serve in medically underserved areas and now help fill the gaps
in the health-care system, improving our Nation's health.

I am Dr. Deidre Roach and I serve in the National Institutes of Health’s

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. I serve as the Program
Director and Medical Project Officer for the Division of Treatment and
Recovery Research. I began serving the American public following my

Medical Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and Internship and
Residency in Internal Medicine at the Veterans Administration-Georgetown

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