Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg will be Keynote Speaker at The Interchange
Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, will be the keynote speaker at The Partnership for Safe Medicines Interchange on October 8th, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Margaret A. Hamburg became the 21st commissioner of food and drugs on May 18, 2009. The second woman to be nominated for this position, she is an experienced medical doctor, scientist, and public health executive.
As the top official of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Hamburg is committed to strengthening programs and policies that enable the agency to carry out its mission to protect and promote the public health. “Strengthening FDA’s programs and policies will help us protect the safety of the food supply, give the public access to safe and effective medical products, find novel ways to prevent illness and promote health, and be transparent in explaining our decision-making,” says Dr. Hamburg. “A strong FDA is an agency that the American public can count on.”
A graduate of Harvard Medical School, from 1991 to 1997 Dr. Hamburg served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In 1997, Dr. Hamburg accepted the position of assistant secretary for policy and evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. From 2001 to 2009, Dr. Hamburg was involved with Nuclear Threat Initiative, a foundation dedicated to reducing the threat to public safety from nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
