Search results
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hamburg (born July 12, 1955, Chicago, Illinois) is an American physician and public health administrator, who is serving as the chair of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [3] and co-chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). [4]
Her mother 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 Jewish father and grandmother taught her to value education and family and to fight discrimination and oppression.
Her Jewish father and grandmother taught her to value education and family and to fight discrimination and oppression. When she was inducted into the prestigious Institute of Medicine in 1994, she had followed the path of her parents, both IoM members since the 1970s.
5/18/2009-4/6/2015*. Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., became the 21st Commissioner of Food and Drugs on May 18, 2009, only the second woman to serve in the position. Among her initiatives during her ...
Jul 16, 2018 · In a long, fruitful, and active career, Dr. Hamburg has tackled diverse issues, including using needle exchanges to reduce the spread of HIV as commissioner of New York’s Department of Health, preventing, detecting, and responding to biological warfare at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and streamlining food and drug safety as FDA Commissioner.
formerly Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Margaret Hamburg, MD, is an internationally recognized leader in public health, medicine, and science.
Margaret A. Hamburg, AB ’77, MD ’83. Co-President, InterAcademy Partnership for Science, Health and Policy; Vice-Chair, President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
