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Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts. Dr. David Kessler, who helped speed the development and approval of AIDS drugs in the 1990s, will become the top science official ...
Education. Amherst College ( BA) University of Chicago ( JD) Harvard University ( MD) David Aaron Kessler (born May 13, 1951) is an American pediatrician, lawyer, author, and administrator (both academic and governmental). He was the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from November 8, 1990 to February 28, 1997.
Apr 15, 2024 · David A. Kessler. David A. Kessler, M.D., served as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He has been dean of the medical schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisco and is a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF.
Jan 13, 2023 · Dr. David A. Kessler’s departure comes as the Biden administration is working to shift Covid-19 vaccination from a government-run effort to one that will be handled by the private sector.
Jun 22, 2009 · By Tara Parker-Pope. June 22, 2009. As head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. David A. Kessler served two presidents and battled Congress and Big Tobacco. But the Harvard-educated ...
Jan 15, 2021 · Dr. David Kessler, a pediatrician and lawyer, was F.D.A. commissioner from 1990 to 1997. Jason Henry for The New York Times. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has asked Dr. David Kessler, a ...
David A. Kessler, M.D. Yale Medicine Magazine, 1998 - Fall. Dean David A. Kessler, M.D., has accepted an invitation from the Mayday Fund to serve as honorary chair of its newly formed National Advisory Committee. Mayday, a New York-based philanthropy, is dedicated to reducing the profound human problems associated with pain and its consequences.
