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The United States commissioner of food and drugs is the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioner is appointed by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by the Senate. The commissioner reports to the secretary of health and human ...
Robert McKinnon Califf (born 1951) is an American cardiologist who served as the 25th commissioner of food and drugs from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2022 to 2025.. He was first nominated to be commissioner in September 2015 by President Barack Obama [1] and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in February 2016, [2] serving until January 20, 2017.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the current secretary of health and human services, having held the position since February 13, 2025. [2] The office was formerly known as the secretary of health, education, and welfare.
The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers Wednesday over months of delays investigating The post FDA chief struggles to explain slow response on baby ...
Director of Medicaid and CHIP Services. Daniel Tsai [21] July 6, 2021 — — Deputy Administrator and Director of Center for Medicare. Meena Seshamani [22] July 6, 2021 — Food and Drug Administration — Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Dr. Robert Califf [23] February 17, 2022 (Confirmed February 15, 2022, 50–46) [RC 9] — Health Resources ...
Director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products, Dr. Brian King, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Washington. Despite these activities, lawmakers remain critical of FDA’s enforcement efforts.
The new FDA rule is a “terrific improvement,” as the previous rule was “dangerously outdated,” Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, cardiologist and director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the ...
As Deputy Commissioner for Policy at FDA (1991–94), Taylor oversaw the development of biotechnology policies by FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, including FDA's 1992 guidance on genetically modified (GM) foods and a guidance that milk from cows treated with bovine growth hormone (BGH did not have to be labeled as such). [44]