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‘Equity and stability’: An interview with Dr. Michelle Morse, NYC’s acting health commissioner

HEALTHBEAT

Now she’s at the helm of one of the world’s largest public health agencies, steering a department with a roughly $2 billion budget and thousands of employees. Advancing health equity has been a throughline in Morse’s varied and accomplished career. Our goal is to reduce cardiometabolic-related mortality by 5% by 2030.