College President Jim Yong Kim has been officially named to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press release.
Kim, along with 23 other new members, will join the council, which "provides advice, information, and recommendations to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services on domestic and global HIV/AIDS policy issues," according to the release.
The council is scheduled to convene for its first meeting today in Washington, D.C., according to the release.
Kim was unavailable for comment on Tuesday. College Director of Media Relations Roland Adams told The Dartmouth that Kim traveled to Washington to attend the council meeting.
Kim had previously stated he would be named a member of the council during a lecture Jan. 18.
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