Margaret Hamburg

Peggy Hamburg
Hamburg in 2015
21st Commissioner of Food and Drugs
In office
May 22, 2009 – April 3, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byAndrew von Eschenbach
Succeeded byRobert Califf
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation
In office
1997–2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byPeter Edelman[1]
Succeeded byBobby Jindal[2]
Health Commissioner of New York City
In office
December 24, 1991 – April 15, 1997
Acting: June 11, 1991 – December 24, 1991
MayorDavid Dinkins
Rudy Giuliani
Preceded byWoody Myers
Succeeded byBenjamin Mojica
Personal details
Born (1955-07-12) July 12, 1955 (age 69)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1992)
RelativesBeatrix Hamburg (Mother)
David A. Hamburg (Father)
EducationHarvard University (BA, MD)

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] She served as the 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from May 2009 to April 2015.[5]

  1. ^ "PN530 - Nomination of Margaret Ann Hamburg for Department of Health and Human Services, 105th Congress (1997-1998)". www.congress.gov. 30 October 1997.
  2. ^ "PN249 - Nomination of Piyush Jindal for Department of Health and Human Services, 107th Congress (2001-2002)". www.congress.gov. 25 May 2001.
  3. ^ "Organization and Governance". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  4. ^ Partnership (IAP), the InterAcademy (17 April 2019). "World's science academies gather in Korea to elect new chairs, welcome new members, and stand up for sustainable development". www.interacademies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  5. ^ FDA head Margaret Hamburg to resign in March; Ostroff to be acting chief (Washington Post article-February 5, 2015)