Press Releases
02/11/2016
Gov. Malloy Selects Dr. Raul Pino to Serve as Commissioner of Public Health
(HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is appointing Dr. Raul Pino to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Public Health (DPH). Dr. Pino has been serving in the role of Acting Commissioner since December, and prior, served as Deputy Commissioner of the agency.
"We're doing big things in the Department of Public Health and today is a next step. Dr. Pino is very well respected in the health and human services fields and is known to many within Connecticut's public health community," Governor Malloy said. "He has the experience to guide our state and help ensure improved health and safety. I'm pleased to appoint him to the role and congratulate him on the position."
"It is with great honor that I have accepted the position, and I'm humbled to be leading the agency into the future. I want to thank both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor for this opportunity," Dr. Pino said. "Our state's public health agency is positioned well and ready to face new challenges."
Prior to serving as Deputy Commissioner of DPH, Dr. Pino served as Director of the City of Hartford Department of Health and Human Services, where he managed the department's budget and oversaw labor relations, public health preparedness, code enforcement, and the department's management team. And prior to that, he served as an epidemiologist for DPH's STD Unit and worked at the Institute for Community Research, Hispanic Health Council, and Hartford Hospital. He is a member of the American Public Health Association and National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse. He graduated from the University of Havana with a Doctorate in Medicine, and from the UConn School of Medicine with an MA in Public Health.
He is originally from Cuba, where he served in the Cuban Army. He later came to Connecticut as a political refugee, where he worked his way to attend graduate school.
Dr. Pino succeeds Dr. Jewel Mullen, who departed the agency at the end of last year to take a position with the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
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