RADM, USPHS
Assistant Surgeon General
Director, Office of Special Health Initiatives
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Biography
Rear Admiral Krista M. Pedley is the Director of the Office of Special Health Initiatives (OSHI) in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). OSHI serves as the principal advisor within HRSA on global health issues and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), provides HHS-wide leadership and policy development in the administration of the 340B Drug Pricing Program to promote access to clinically and cost-effective pharmacy services and oversees the agency’s United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Affairs.
RADM Pedley began her career as a pharmacist with the United States Public Health Service in May 2000. She was assigned to the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Generic Drugs, as a Project Manager for Bioequivalence and then as Medical Affairs Coordinator reviewing topical drug protocol design. After five years, RADM Pedley transferred to HRSA and then the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, where she served as Senior Public Health Analyst for the National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (NBHPP). In 2007, RADM Pedley began working with OPA, where she led a national collaborative that focused on integrating clinical pharmacy services into primary care to improve the health of patients with multiple chronic conditions. She then became the Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) in July 2010 where she led the administration of the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which spans HHS and focuses on drug pricing transparency and reducing the cost of medications for the country’s most vulnerable patient populations.
She was promoted to Rear Admiral (lower half) and Assistant Surgeon General in February 2020 and Rear Admiral (upper half) effective May 2024.
RADM Pedley received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 2000 and her Master of Science in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, with a Concentration in Crisis, Emergency and Risk Management, from The George Washington University in 2008. She is also a 2011 graduate of the Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI) Scholar Program.
RADM Pedley has participated in numerous deployments, including Hurricane Katrina, the Presidential Inauguration in 2005, and Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Isabel. RADM Pedley was also a Contributor on the Report to the Surgeon General on Clinical Pharmacy and Co-Author on PHS Pharmacy Prevention Strategy.
RADM Pedley is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Exceptional Promotion to Captain in 2015, the Meritorious Service Medal in 2018, the PHS Commendation Medal in 2012, 2009, 2005, the APhA Foundation Pinnacle Award in 2016 and 2011, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2022 William A. Zellmer Lecture Award for distinguished service to the profession.