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'''Sandra Thurman''' is known for her work on AIDS. She was appointed in 1997 as the firstthird director of the [[Office of National AIDS Policy]] serving in [[Bill Clinton]]'s administration.<ref>Clinton White House[https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/ONAP/thurman.html Clinton White House]</ref>.<ref name=":3" /> As of 2023 she is the senior advisor to the Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis at the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] and Chief Strategy Officer at the [[United States Global AIDS Coordinator|Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator]], which leads the implementation of [[PEPFAR]], and Global Health Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. She is also a Professor of Practice at the [[Rollins School of Public Health]] at Emory University.<ref>Emory University[https://sph.emory.edu/faculty/profile/index.php?FID=sandra-thurman-589 Emory University]</ref>

Thurman began her association with AID Atlanta by fundraising, and by 1989 was the organization's executive director.<ref name=":1" /> She would workworked at AID Atlanta for ten years<ref name=":1" /> before taking the position as the first director of the Office of National AIDS Policy in the Clinton administration.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Okie |first=Susan |date=1997-04-22 |title=AIDS POLICY DIRECTOR PUTS STRESS ON SCIENCE |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/04/22/aids-policy-director-puts-stress-on-science/55b42dfe-a0cd-4a42-9cab-6100c7cb399b/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Wadman |first=Meredith |date=1997 |title=Sandra Thurman named as new 'AIDS Czar' |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/386533b0 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=386 |issue=6625 |pages=533–533 |doi=10.1038/386533b0 |issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free }}</ref> While in this position Thurman indicated her priority was to make AIDS a priority in the Clinton administration.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vaughn |first=Justin S. |url=http://archive.org/details/czarsinwhitehous0000vaug |title=Czars in the White House : the rise of policy czars as presidential management tools |date=2015 |publisher=Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-472-11958-5 |pages=111–113}}</ref>

In 2021 she was honored with an [[Elizabeth Taylor]] Commitment to End AIDS award.<ref>[https://elizabethtayloraidsfoundation.org/the-elizabeth-taylor-ball-to-end-aids-2021/ Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation]</ref><ref>[https://elizabethtayloraidsfoundationvariety.orgcom/the2021/awards/news/pose-billy-porter-elizabeth-taylor-ball-to-end-aids-gala-1235052462/ Yuma, Jennifer ''Variety'' (31 August 2021)]</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dr-anthony-fauci-amfar-elizabeth-taylor-ball-1234978917/ Gardner, Chris, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (7 July 2021)]</ref>

[[Category:American HIV/AIDS activists]]