Margaret Hamburg — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

President-elect at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2017.
Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine since 2015.
Served as the 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from May 2009 to April 2015.
Appointed New York City Health Commissioner, serving from 1991 to 1997.
Chair of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and co-chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP).
Earned her M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1983 and graduated from Harvard College in 1977.

Biography

Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg is an American physician and public health administrator, currently serving as President-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine.

She previously served as the 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from May 2009 to April 2015.