U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Names María Ordóñez to Alzheimer’s Council

Newswise — Alex M. Azar II, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently named Florida Atlantic University’s María de los Ángeles Ordóñez, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services. The advisory council was established in 2011 and meets quarterly to continue development and progress on the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease by HHS, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation to address the disease.

Ordóñez, director of the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center, operated by FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, and an associate professor in the college, joins members who…

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