Howard Kyongju Koh is the 14 and current United States Assistant Secretary for Health. He was the inaugural Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health and Associate Dean for Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health. Koh also served as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health from 1997-2003. His brother is Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser of the Department of State and former Yale Law School Dean.



