Margaret Hamburg
| Margaret Hamburg | |
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| Commissioner of Food and Drugs | |
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In office May 22, 2009 – April 1, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Frank Torti (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Ostroff (Acting) |
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July 12, 1955 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Fitzhugh Brown |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Margaret Ann Hamburg (born July 12, 1955, Chicago, Illinois) is an American physician and public health administrator. She served as the 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from May 2009 to April 2015.
Hamburg graduated from Harvard College in 1977 and earned her M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1983. She completed her medical residency training at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. In April 2015 she was appointed Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine. In December 2016, Hamburg was named president-elect for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She will serve a three-year term as an officer and member of the Executive Committee of the AAAS Board of Directors beginning in February 2017.
Following her medical training, Hamburg moved to Washington, D.C., to begin her career in public service. She served in several roles, including Assistant Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. In 1991 Hamburg was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where she served for six years, working first for Mayor David Dinkins and then Mayor Rudy Giuliani. During her tenure, she implemented important public health initiatives to tackle the city's health challenges, including improved services for women and children, a needle-exchange program to reduce HIV transmission, an internationally-recognized program to curtail the resurgence and spread of tuberculosis, and the nation's first public health bioterrorism preparedness program.
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