HHS Speeches by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Speeches by Former HHS Secretaries
All remarks as prepared unless otherwise noted.
June 11, 2012
Moving Academic Medicine Forward
Baltimore, MD
June 11, 2012
Seniors’ Health Town Hall
Washington, DC
June 7, 2012
Womens’ Health Town Hall
Washington, DC
June 6, 2012
Health Datapalooza
Washington, DC
May 31, 2012
Asthma Disparities Action Plan
Washington, DC
May 22, 2012
World Medical Association
Geneva, Switzerland
May 21, 2012
World Health Assembly Plenary Statement
Geneva, Switzerland
May 21, 2012
World Health Assembly Gender Equity Panel
Geneva, Switzerland
May 21, 2012
World Health Assembly LGBT Health Panel
Geneva, Switzerland
May 18, 2012
Georgetown Public Policy Institute Tropaia Ceremony
Washington, DC
May 17, 2012
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Washington, DC
May 15, 2012
Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit
Bethesda, MD
May 9, 2012
Health in Mind: Improving Education Through Wellness
Washington, DC
May 7, 2012
Weight of the Nation Conference
Washington, DC
May 3, 2012
Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Compounds
Washington, DC
April 27, 2012
National Hispanic Medical Association Annual Conference
Washington, DC
April 24, 2012
Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum
Washington, DC
April 23, 2012
Doctors for America
Washington, DC
April 19, 2012
Atlantic Health Care Forum
Washington, DC
April 12, 2012
National Action Network National Convention
Washington, DC
April 12, 2012
PAHO Healthy Aging Conference
Washington, DC
April 10, 2012
National Health Promotion Summit
Washington, DC
April 9, 2012
Children’s Bureau Centennial Commemoration
Washington, DC
April 4, 2012
Chicago Fraud Prevention Summit
Chicago, IL
April 2, 2012
National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention
Washington, DC
March 16, 2012
White House Community Partnership Summit
Columbus, OH
March 15, 2012
CDC Anti-Smoking Campaign Announcement
Washington, DC
March 9, 2012
American Medical Students Association Annual Convention
Houston, TX
March 8, 2012
Surgeon General’s Report on Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults
Washington, DC
March 6, 2012
National Congress of American Indians Executive Council Winter Session
Washington, DC
February 28, 2012
ACS Cancer Action Network Essential Health Benefits Forum
Washington, DC
February 16, 2012
White House Conference on LGBT Health
Philadelphia, PA
February 14, 2012
HCFAC Report Press Conference
Washington, D.C.
February 7, 2012
Taking Action on Alzheimer’s: We Can’t Wait
Washington, D.C.
January 30, 2012
National Rural Health Association Policy Institute
Washington, DC
January 19, 2012
Families USA Health Action 2012
Washington, DC
January 13, 2012
Global Disease Detection India Center Event
New Delhi, India
January 5, 2012
Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, DC
December 14, 2011
2011 QualityNet Conference
Baltimore, MD
December 7, 2011
SAMHSA 2011 Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Policy Academy
Alexandria, VA
December 5, 2011
mHealth Summit
Washington, DC
December 2, 2011
2011 White House Tribal Nations Conference
Washington, DC
December 1, 2011
Fifth Annual National Conference on Health Disparities
Charleston, South Carolina
December 1, 2011
World AIDS Day UNAIDS Event
Washington, DC
November 28, 2011
National Adoption Month
Washington, DC
November 18, 2011
Alliance for Full Participation Summit
Washington, DC
November 10, 2011
2011 US Conference on AIDS
Chicago, IL
November 3, 2011
Child Welfare, Education and the Courts National Meeting
Arlington, VA
October 28, 2011
Society for Public Health Education 62nd Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
October 18, 2011
SEIU Nurse Leadership Conference
Washington, DC
October 17, 2011
National Coalition for LGBT Health
Washington, DC
October 3, 2011
Office of Head Start First National Birth to Five Leadership Institute
Washington, DC
September 29, 2011
Little Rock Healthy Food and Active Living Summit
Little Rock, Arkansas
September 28, 2011
29th National Minority Enterprise Development Week Conference
Washington, DC
September 28, 2011
AdvaMed 2011: MedTech Conference
Washington, DC
September 26, 2011
Pan American Health Organization 51st Directing Council
Washington, DC
September 21, 2011
Second Annual Federal Youth Bullying Prevention Summit
Washington, DC
September 19, 2011
Digital Health for Digital Development
New York, NY
September 19, 2011
UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases
New York, NY
September 16, 2011
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2011
San Francisco, CA
September 13, 2011
Million Hearts
Washington, DC
September 12, 2011
Consumer eHealth Launch Event
Washington, DC
September 12, 2011
National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities
Washington, DC
August 9, 2011
Senior Medicare Patrol National Conference
Washington, DC
August 2, 2011
Office of Refugee Resettlement National Consultation
Washington, DC
July 26, 2011
Americans with Disabilities Act 21st Anniversary
Washington, DC
July 13, 2011
National Council on Independent Living
Washington, DC
July 11, 2011
Affordable Insurance Exchanges Announcement
Washington, DC
June 30, 2011
LULAC Unity Luncheon
Cincinnati, OH
June 27, 2011
2nd Annual National Accountable Care Organization Summit
Washington, DC
June 23, 2011
National Healthy Homes Conference
Denver, CO
June 22, 2011
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Conference
Las Vegas, NV
June 21, 2011
Minority Business Roundtable
Washington, DC
June 17, 2011
US Conference of Mayors
Baltimore, MD
June 17, 2011
Philadelphia Fraud Prevention Summit
Philadelphia, PA
June 11, 2011
University of Washington Commencement
Seattle, WA
June 9, 2011
2nd Annual Health Data Initiative Forum
Bethesda, MD
June 8, 2011
Commemorating 30 Years of Leadership in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Washington, DC
June 7, 2011
National Disability Rights Network
Baltimore, MD
June 7, 2011
Hampton University 97th Annual Ministers’ Conference
Hampton, VA
June 6, 2011
Federal LGBT Youth Summit
Washington, DC
May 24, 2011
Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge
Washington, DC
May 20, 2011
Council of Women World Leaders
Washington, DC
May 19, 2011
Fighting Unreasonable Health Insurance Premium Increases
Washington, DC
May 18, 2011
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Washington, DC
May 16, 2011
World Health Assembly Plenary Session
Washington, DC
May 6, 2011
University of Texas at San Antonio College of Education and Human Development Commencement
San Antonio, TX
May 2, 2011
IOM Rosenthal Lecture Washington, DC
April 28, 2011
First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-communicable Disease Control
Moscow, Russia
April 25, 2011
Autism Awareness Month
April 19, 2011
Atlanta Press Club
April 12, 2011
American Hospital Association
April 12, 2011
Partnership for Patients Announcement
April 8, 2011
National Action Network National Convention
New York, NY
March 29, 2011
HHS Women’s History Month Celebration
March 29, 2011
US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit
Washington, DC
March 23, 2011
National Association of Community Health Centers Annual Policy and Issues Forum
Washington, DC
March 15, 2011
Detroit Fraud Prevention Summit
Detroit, MI
March 14, 2011
American Academy of Pediatrics Legislative Conference
Arlington, VA
March 10, 2011
White House Bullying Conference
Washington, DC
March 9, 2011
National PTA Legislative Conference
Washington, DC
March 1, 2011
National Congress of American Indians Executive Council Winter Session
Washington, DC
February 23, 2011
Health Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference
Orlando, FL
February 17, 2011
Fraud Press Conference
Washington, DC
February 17, 2011
Judy Hoyer Early Learning Center
Adelphi, MD
February 16, 2011
Budget Press Conference
Washington, DC
February 7, 2011
Kaiser Family Foundation Briefing on Long-term Care
Washington, DC
January 31, 2011
2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Washington, DC
January 24, 2011
Fraud Press Conference
Washington, DC
January 18, 2011
Howard University School of Divinity Spring Convocation
Washington, DC
January 13, 2011
Global Business Forum
Washington, DC
January 10, 2011
2011 Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop
Washington, DC
December 21, 2010
Rate Review Press Conference
Washington, DC
December 16, 2010
Boston Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit
Boston, MA
December 15, 2010
White House Environmental Justice Forum
Washington, DC
December 8, 2010
Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology
Washington, DC
December 7, 2010
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: National Forum
Orlando, FL
December 1, 2010
World AIDS Day
Washington, DC
November 29, 2010
Landon Lecture
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
November 22, 2010
Medical Loss Ratio Regulations Rollout Event
Washington, DC
November 17, 2010
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Joint Visiting Committee Symposium Dinner
Washington, DC
November 17, 2010
National Family Caregiver Support Program 10th Anniversary Celebration
Washington, DC
November 15, 2010
National Business Coalition on Health
Washington, DC
November 10, 2010
Tobacco Strategy Rollout Event
Washington, DC
November 9, 2010
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
Washington, DC
November 8, 2010
Association of American Medical Colleges 2010 Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
November 5, 2010
New York Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit
Brooklyn, NY
October 19, 2010
20th Anniversary of the Child Care and Development Block Grant
Washington, DC
October 19, 2010
Consumer Assistance Grants Press Conference
Washington, DC
October 15, 2010
Columbia School of Public Health Commencement
New York, NY
October 12, 2010
The Biotech Meeting
Laguna Beach, CA
October 4, 2010
National Summit on Health Care Quality and Value
Washington, DC
October 1, 2010
AARP Orlando@50+ Conference
Orlando, FL
September 23, 2010
Biopreparedness in 2010 Summit
Washington, DC
September 16, 2010
United Fresh Produce Association 2010 Washington Public Policy Conference
Washington, DC
September 15, 2010
National Vaccine Advisory Committee
Washington, DC
September 14, 2010
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Conference
Washington, DC
September 13, 2010
US Conference on AIDS
Washington, DC
September 10, 2010
World Suicide Prevention Day
Washington, DC
September 1, 2010
Beacon Communities Announcement
Cincinnati, Ohio
August 26, 2010
Stop Medicare Fraud Summit
Los Angeles, CA
August 19, 2010
Countermeasures Review Rollout
Washington, DC
August 3, 2010
Early Childhood Innovation Summit
Washington, DC
July 30, 2010
National Urban League Guilds Luncheon
Washington, DC
July 16, 2010
Regional Health Care Fraud Summit
Washington, DC
July 16, 2010
Fraud Press Conference
Washington, DC
July 14, 2010
20th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
Washington, DC
July 13, 2010
National HIV/AIDS Strategy Briefing
Washington, DC
July 13, 2010
Meaningful Use Press Conference
Washington, DC
June 24, 2010
National Partnership for Women and Families Luncheon
Washington, DC
June 15, 2010
League of Women Voters
Atlanta, Georgia
June 15, 2010
Affordable Care Press Conference
Washington, DC
June 10, 2010
Premier Healthcare Alliance Breakthroughs Conference
Washington, DC
June 8, 2010
Global Business Coalition Awards for Excellence in Business Action
Washington, DC
June 7, 2010
Office of Refugee Resettlement 2010 National Consultation
Washington, DC
June 7, 2010
Returning Service Members, Veterans and their Families Policy Academy
Bethesda, MD
June 4, 2010
Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mackinaw Island, Michigan
June 2, 2010
Community Health Data Initiative
Institute of Medicine
May 27, 2010
Implementing the Affordable Care Act
Washington, DC
May 13, 2010
Health Care Fraud and the Affordable Care Act
Washington, DC
April 30, 2010
Komen for the Cure
Washington, DC
April 26, 2010
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
April 19, 2010
44th National Immunization Conference
Atlanta, GA
April 14, 2010
United Nations Secretary General's Leadership Luncheon
New York, NY
April 7, 2010
2010 National Forum on Community Schools
Philadelphia, PA
April 6, 2010
National Press Club
Washington, DC
March 29, 2010
American Public Human Services Association National Spring Conference
Washington, DC
March 9, 2010
National Association of Counties 2010 Legislative Conference
Washington, DC
March 2, 2010
National Congress of American Indians
Washington, D.C.
March 2, 2010
Federation of American Hospitals Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
March 2, 2010
AMA National Advocacy Conference
Washington, DC
February 24, 2010
FDA-NIH Partnership Press Conference
Bethesda, MD
February 16, 2010
Public Health Preparedness Summit
Atlanta, GA
February 4, 2010
The First Anniversary of the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act
Washington, DC
February 1, 2010
FY 2011 Budget Press Conference Opening Remarks
Washington, DC
January 28, 2010
Health Action 2010 Grassroots Conference
Washington, DC
January 28, 2010
National Health Care Fraud Summit
Bethesda, MD
January 25, 2010
National Network for Youth 2010 Symposium
Washington, DC
December 15, 2009
Sheppard Pratt Health System
Towson, MD
December 15, 2009
Sizing up Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity
Washington, DC
December 4, 2009
National Summit on the Science of Professional Development
Washington, DC
December 1, 2009
The American Medical Association Third National Congress on Health System Readiness
Washington, DC
November 30, 2009
World AIDS Day Press Conference
Washington, DC
November 25, 2009
Public Health Impacts of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Washington, DC
November 20, 2009
White House Stakeholder Briefing: The Public Health Benefits of Clean Energy Reform
Washington, DC
November 20, 2009
National Adoption Day Celebration
Washington, DC
November 4, 2009
The Commonwealth Fund's 12th Annual Symposium on Health Care Policy
Washington, DC
November 4, 2009
National Children's Health Insurance Summit
Chicago, IL
November 3, 2009
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Washington, DC
October 29, 2009
2009 mHealth Summit
Washington, DC
October 22, 2009
The National Council of La Raza Symposium on Latino Children and Youth
Washington, DC
October 13, 2009
The ASTHO Conference
The Sheraton Premier, Tysons Corner, Virginia
October 6, 2009
The St. Louis University Center for Vaccine Development
Edward A. Doisy Research Center, St. Louis, MO
September 28, 2009
The Pan American Health Organization
49th PAHO Directing Council, Washington, DC
September 10, 2009
The Seasonal Flu Press Conference
National Press Club, Washington, DC
September 9, 2009
The 32nd Annual National Food Policy Conference
Washington, DC
August 24, 2009
The 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference
Atlanta, GA
August 23, 2009
NACHC's 40th Annual Community Health Institute & Expo
Chicago, IL
July 28, 2009
The Weight of the Nation Conference
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
May 18, 2009
The World Health Plenary Session
Geneva, Switzerland
May 5, 2009
The Council on Foundations
Atlanta, GA