Jan Malcolm is the health commissioner of

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, which has over 1,500 employees and a budget of over $600 million. She was appointed as the commissioner for the

Minnesota Department of Health The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is the state health agency of the State of Minnesota in the United States. The department has four offices in Saint Paul and seven outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area: Bemidji, Duluth, Fergus Fa ...

by previous governor

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in 2018.

Commissioner of Health for Minnesota

Jan Malcolm has served under three separate governors of Minnesota. She is currently leading the Department of Health of Minnesota. She was appointed by

after her predecessor, Ed Ehlinger, resigned. She was originally brought on to help with complaints about elder abuse, which she was able to solve after eight months. Since the

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began she has started facing backlash from the Republican party. As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues, the threat of Republicans outing Malcolm has increased. Many Republicans are not happy with the way she has been running the

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relief.

Personal life

She attended high school at

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and went to

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for pre-med. She was married to Kris Carlton, who died in 2019. In June 2021, Malcolm was awarded the Lavender Community Pride Award for

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Individual.

Career

Health Department at Ventura Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota at the School of Public Health CEO of Courage Center Vice President of Public Affairs and Philanthropy at Allina Health

Notable works

Leading Public Health: A Competency Framework

References

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