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DeSalvo has been Google’s first chief health officer since December 2019, offering guidance on the company’s efforts with providers on technologies such as artificial intelligence and wearables. Her public health work as New Orleans health commissioner in the years following Hurricane Katrina, helping digitize the city’s health IT infrastructure, and then as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has informed Google’s contributions in the COVID-19 battle.