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Mar 15 2009

New Leadership For The FDA Dr. Margaret Hamburg

Published by ysdata at 1:59 pm under Politics Edit This

Margaret HamburgIn President Obama Weekly Address of March 14, 2009 he appointed the new leader of the FDA (Food and Drug administration) Dr. Margaret HamburgDr. Hamburg has worked on research for the infectious disease at the National institutes of Health among other positions listed below:

  • Public health projects at the Department of Health and Human Services
  • Biodefense at the Nuclear Threat Initiative
  • She was the youngest member elected to the national Academy of Scienes’ Institute of Medicine
  • Commissioner of New York City Health
  • Lead an international initiative to cut tuberculosis rates

Dr. Hamburg will be joined by Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, who will hold the DeputyJoshua Sharfstein commissioner’s seat.  Dr. Sharfstein was the health commissioner of Baltimore.

For more information on the president’s weekly address go to March 14, 2009 President Obama Weekly Address

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