dr. koh was going to share his remarks. he has been kind enough to work us into his incredibly busy schedule and will have to leave shortly after his remarks for another critical engagement so following his remarks he has agreed to take one or two questions before he has to go. before joining the department of health and human services dr. koh was most recently the heart beebe fineberg professor of the practice of public health, this is the dean for public health practice and the director of public health practice at the harvard school of public health. at harvard he served as the principal investigator of multiple research grants related to community health participation and participatory research, a cancer prevention, health disparities, tobacco control and emergency preparedness. at harvard he served as director of the center for public health preparedness and from 1997 to 2003 he served as commissioner of public health for the commonwealth of massachusetts. dr. koh is an elected member of