Margaret Hamburg

Margaret Hamburg
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Incumbent
Assumed office May 22, 2009
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Frank Torti (Acting)
Personal details
Born	July 12, 1955 (1955-07-12) (age 56) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Peter Fitzhugh Brown
Children	2
Alma mater	Radcliffe College Harvard University

Dr. Margaret Ann Hamburg (b. July 12, 1955, Chicago, Illinois) is an American physician and medical/public health administrator. She currently serves as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

She has served as Vice President for Biological Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the New York City Commissioner of Health. She was nominated in March 2009 by President Barack Obama to become the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,^[1] and was sworn in on May 22, 2009.^[2]

Dr. Margaret Hamburg is the daughter of Dr. Beatrix Hamburg and Dr. David Hamburg, both physicians. Her mother, Beatrix, was the first African-American woman to attend Vassar College and to earn a degree from the Yale University School of Medicine (which had previously excluded black students). Her father, David, of Jewish descent, had a career in academic medicine and mental illness research, public policy, and philanthropic leadership. She is married to artificial intelligence researcher Peter Fitzhugh Brown, with whom she has two children.^[3]

References

1. ^ Gardiner Harris (11 March 2009). "Ex-New York Health Commissioner Is F.D.A. Pick". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/us/politics/12hamburg.html. Retrieved 2009-03-12. 
2. ^ Gratzer, David (2009-05-21). "FDA commissioner". US FDA. http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/21/commissioner-margaret-hamburg-opinions-contributors-fda.html. Retrieved 2010-09-12. 
3. ^ Office of Research on Women's Health (25 March 2004). "Dr. Margaret Hamburg". Changing the Face of Medicine. National Institutes of Health. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_136.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 

External links

• FORA.tv videos
• Charlie Rose appearances

Political offices
Preceded by Frank Torti Acting	Commissioner of Food and Drugs 2009–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Hamburg, Margaret A.
Alternative names
Short description	American physician and public health administrator
Date of birth	1955-07-12
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death