Margaret A. Hamburg
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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, and was sworn in on May 22, 2009.
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.
United States
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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
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Commissioner of Health. She was nominated in March 2009 by President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
to become the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and was sworn in on May 22, 2009.
Dr. Margaret Hamburg is the daughter of Dr. Beatrix Hamburg
Beatrix Hamburg
Beatrix Hamburg is an American psychiatrist whose long career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. Hamburg was the first African-American to attend Vassar College, and was also the first African-American woman to attend Yale Medical School. Hamburg held...
and Dr. David Hamburg, both physicians. Her mother, Beatrix, was the first African-American woman to attend Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
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
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
researcher Peter Fitzhugh Brown, with whom she has two children.