Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of War, Health Readiness Policy and Oversight
Terry M. Rauch, PhD, MPH, MBA
Dr. Terry M. Rauch currently serves as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of War (Health Readiness Policy and Oversight). In his duties, Dr. Rauch is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Assistant Secretary of War (Health Affairs) for all medically related readiness Department of War policies, programs, and activities. He is responsible for force health protection, global health engagement, U.S. military assistance in global pandemic containment, international health agreements, deployment related health policy, joint theater-of-operations information systems, humanitarian and health missions, and national disaster support.
Dr. Rauch has more than 45 years of experience in many facets of the Military Health System and has held numerous senior level positions in the Army and the Office of the Secretary of War. As a senior military officer, he served as the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs, and principal advisor to four Assistant Secretaries of War. He has advised on matters pertaining to biomedical research, development, and acquisition as well as medical products and devices needed to protect U.S. military forces against Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear threats.
He commanded the U.S. Army Public Health Command-Europe, a scientific and technical organization that provided comprehensive preventive medicine services to garrisoned U.S. Army forces in Europe. Dr. Rauch served as the Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Working Group on Preventive Medicine advising Stabilization Forces–Bosnia and Stabilization Forces–Kosovo on preventive medicine matters. As Deputy Commander, and then later as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, he led the daily management and integration of a medical research, development, and acquisition organization encompassing 11 subordinate laboratories in six countries, 3,000 personnel, and over $3 billion in funding.
After retiring from the U.S. Army in October 2005 at the rank of colonel, he joined Science Applications International Corporation as a Senior Principal Life Scientist. At SAIC, he focused on comprehensive strategic planning and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of War on matters relating to biomedical research, development and acquisition investment strategies and their supporting infrastructure. He left SAIC in March 2009.
Dr. Rauch received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Cincinnati, where he also earned his Ph.D. in biology and psychology. Dr. Rauch has served as an expert medical witness for the U.S. Department of Justice as well as private industry on anthrax vaccine safety and efficacy. He has authored numerous scientific and technical publications about psychology, neuroscience, and national security matters