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disorders among women, veterans and active military personnel. I serve on
several Interagency Committees, which assist these Americans, including the

Subcommittee on Inclusion Governance to advise the Office of the Director of
NIH on matters relating to ensuring diversity in research participation,
including review and revision of relevant policies. My medical life has for

decades been channeled to service.

I am Linda Silversmith and I served in the Department of Health and Human

Services, at the National Institutes of Health. As a science writer for the
research hospital at NIH, I helped its Medical Executive Committee to
prepare, and then finalize, two important documents to help guide human
scientific research and research patients' care. These are the "Standards for

Clinical Research" and "Standards for Clinical Care."

I am Stuart Sklamm, a Veteran, and I served in the Department of Health and
Human Services as a Contracts Specialist, Branch Chief, and Senior
Supervisory Accountant. I have honorably served in our Military. I am also
the Assistant Treasurer for the Maryland Federation of the National Active and

Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE). Prior to United States
government service, I worked in the Peace Corps and for private industry.
Through my Federal government work, I provided audit resolutions and grants

and contracts that served the American public. I enhanced taxpayers’ dollars
by improving financial operations on Public Health Service programs
including training supervisors on “Performing Business Management
Reviews” and “Supervisory Management.” I assisted the Assistant Surgeon

General and reviewed and approved contract and grant proposals for
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

I am Edith Smith and I served in the Department of Health and Human
Services, National Institutes of Health for almost 31 years. I began my career

in 1967 as a GS-3 Clerk-Stenographer in the Division of Research Grants
Information Office when I was fresh out of high school. Probably the most

important thing I was taught on the job was how to come to work on time
Monday through Friday for the entire summer. That was the beginning of my

education in work ethics, which continued as I progressed through my entire
career, climbing the ladder without stomping on others, until I retired as a GS-

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