Suzanne Haynes, Ph.D.
Senior Science Advisor
Office on Women's Health
US Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Haynes serves as Senior Science Advisor in the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, she coordinates science initiatives for the Office. For the eight years prior to her appointment, Dr. Haynes was Chief of the Health Education Section of the National Cancer Institute, where she launched several community breast cancer screening programs, physician early detection intervention programs, and dietary change and skin cancer prevention programs. Trained as an epidemiologist, she has published 70 articles on women's health, including papers on women and heart disease, cholesterol levels, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and breast cancer screening. She has edited the book, How to Increase Breast Cancer Screening in Your Community. Dr. Haynes has contributed to the work of the National Action Plan on Breast Cancer, the Canada-USA Women's Health Forum, the Federal Women's Health and the Environment Interagency Committee, and other women's health initiatives of the OWH. Dr. Haynes also led the effort in developing the Department's first policy on breastfeeding, HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, and is currently overseeing the plans for the National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign, a nationally sponsored Advertising Council public service campaign.

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