Mary T. Bassett
Mary Bassett | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health | |
| In office December 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022 | |
| Governor | Kathy Hochul |
| Preceded by | Howard Zucker |
| Succeeded by | James V. McDonald |
| Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health | |
| In office January 16, 2014 – August 31, 2018 | |
| Mayor | Bill de Blasio |
| Preceded by | Thomas Farley |
| Succeeded by | Oxiris Barbot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 12, 1952 |
| Residence(s) | Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MD) University of Washington (MPH) |
| Awards | Calderone Prize (2016) |
Mary Travis Bassett is an American physician and public health researcher who was the 17th Health Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, being appointed to the position by Governor Kathy Hochul on September 29, 2021, until December 31, 2022. From 2014 to 2018, she was the commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Bassett is the Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and the FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is also an associate professor of clinical epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.