[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 38 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E486]
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        IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXEMPLARY WORK OF DR. KATHY HUDSON

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 10, 2002

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
the exemplary work of Dr. Kathy Hudson, who is leaving after 10 years 
of service at the National Human Genome Research Institute at the 
National Institutes of Health which is located in my district.
  For the past seven years Dr. Hudson has served with distinction as 
the Director of the Office of Policy, Planning and Communications and 
the Assistant Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute 
(NHGRI). While at the NHGRI, Dr. Hudson has provided focus and 
leadership in numerous areas, she has played a particularly important 
leadership role in public policy and public affairs issues relating to 
NHGRI programs including the Human Genome Project, the international 
effort to decipher the human genetic code and apply the results to 
improving human health.
  Dr. Hudson has directed efforts to identify barriers such as genetic 
discrimination that could impede the fair and equitable application of 
genetic information to public health and has led development of 
policies to protect privacy and prevent genetic discrimination. In this 
regard, she was instrumental in the development of an Executive Order 
signed in February 2000 that banned discrimination in Federal 
employment based on genetic information. She has also provided 
exceptional technical advice to my staff and many others in drafting 
legislation on genetic nondiscrimination. I understand that one of 
Kathy's major regrets in leaving the NHGRI is not having seen the 
passage and signing of genetic nondiscrimination legislation. I look 
forward to seeing that milestone reached soon and hope to invite her 
back to the celebration.
  Before joining the NHGRI, Dr. Hudson was senior policy analyst in the 
office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of 
Health and Human Services. She advised the assistant secretary on 
national health and science policy issues involving the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH). Prior to that, Dr. Hudson worked in the 
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment as a congressional 
science fellow. Through her contributions to social policy and to the 
nation's health, Dr. Hudson's work has exemplified the best of 
government service, and the difference in our nation's well being that 
a dedicated scientist can make.
  I wish Dr. Hudson all the best in her new venture as the Director of 
the Genetics and Public Policy Center at the Johns Hopkins University, 
and on behalf of the Congress and the country, I thank her for her 
outstanding government service.

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