150 Health Professionals Endorse Natalia Linos for Congress

BROOKLINE, MA -- While U.S. coronavirus cases surge, over 150 health care professionals endorse Dr. Natalia Linos to represent Massachusetts’ District 4 in Congress, building on significant momentum for her candidacy. As the federal government continues to fail in its COVID-19 response, discrediting scientists and devaluing front-line workers, health professionals are uniting in their support for Dr. Linos’ platform for science-based leadership.

Endorsements include Dr. Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Director of the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at Brandeis University; Dr. Jason Harris, Pediatric infectious disease physician and Chief, Pediatric Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital; Dr. Iraklis Gerogiannis, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Southcoast Health; Dr. Mary T. Bassett, Harvard Professor and Former New York City Health Commissioner; and Dr. Nancy Street, Co-Director at Global Nursing Caucus.

“I am honored and humbled by the support of so many front-line health care workers, infectious disease experts, and public health leaders who have been working tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Dr. Linos said in a statement. “They deserve a Congress that values and respects their service.”

The endorsements come after several eventful weeks for the campaign, including the launch of a comprehensive COVID-19 Response and Recovery Plan and the release of three new progressive policies in education and child care, criminal legal system reform, and LGBTQ+ rights. All endorsements were made in a personal capacity.

Here is what additional endorsers had to say:

Dr. Kevin Elias
Director, Gynecologic Oncology Laboratory, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham And Women's Hospital
“As someone who has served on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve seen firsthand the impact of poor public health policy, social inequality, and a lack of investment in scientific research. Natalia will bring valuable insight to Congress from her wealth of experience and will champion informed policy decisions.”
- Resident of Brookline, MA

Dr. Philip Landrigan
Director, Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, Boston College
“Dr. Natalia Linos will bring deep knowledge and experience in public health and environmental science to the US Congress in a time when such expertise is critically needed. I am honored to support her candidacy.”
- Resident of Chestnut Hill, MA

Dr. Margaret Sullivan
Director of Oasis at Boston Health Care for the Homeless
“We are in the midst of experiencing painful lessons about what it means to have our health, both individually and collectively, threatened. A practitioner, scholar, and champion of health equity, like Natalia Linos, will provide leadership in our recovery efforts - not just for some, but for all. She will center social justice and anti-racism at the heart of her efforts, take a studied approach to our most urgent problems, and bring disparate groups to the table.”
- Resident of Roslindale, MA

Dr. Frank Hu
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
“Natalia is a public health scientist and a leader in defending health as a basic human right. In this polarized political environment and in the midst of the global COVID pandemic, it is more urgent than ever to elect passionate and experienced public health leaders like Natalia to the Congress.”
- Resident of Sharon, MA

Dr. Iraklis Gerogiannis
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southcoast Health
“We cannot get the bright, enlightened, honest leaders we desire and deserve as a nation unless we support brave scientists such as Dr. Natalia Linos when they run for office.”
- Resident of Newton, MA

To see full list of endorsements, visit https://www.nataliaforcongress.com/endorsements