Margaret Hamburg

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Peggy Hamburg
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 68)
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]

Early life and education

Hamburg is the daughter of

Yale University School of Medicine.[7] Her father is President Emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and also served as the president of the AAAS in 1984.[8][9]

Hamburg graduated from

New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.

Hamburg is married to Peter Fitzhugh Brown, a computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert. The couple were married on May 23, 1992.[11] Brown is the chief executive officer of Renaissance Technologies.[12] Renaissance Technologies employees were collectively the top donors to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign[13] and collectively the third largest donors to Hillary Clinton,[14] giving $15.5 million and $16.5 million respectively. The couple has two children together.

Hamburg was ranked on the list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women three times—ranking 21st in 2011, 61st in 2012, and 59th in 2013.[15]

Career

Following her medical training, Hamburg moved to Washington, D.C., to begin her career in public service. She served in several roles, beginning with a position in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the US Department of Health and Human Services.[16] She also worked as a clinical instructor for Georgetown University School of Medicine from 1986 to 1990.[17]

From May 1989 to May 1990, she worked as Assistant Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health under Anthony Fauci. In this position, she participated in HIV/AIDS policy development and research.[18]

In 1991 Hamburg was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where she served for six years, working first for Mayor David Dinkins and then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. During her tenure, she worked on improved services for women and children, a needle-exchange program to reduce HIV transmission, a program to curtail the resurgence and spread of tuberculosis, and the nation's first public health bioterrorism preparedness program.[19]

In 1997, President

pandemic influenza
.

In June 2001, Hamburg participated in the Operation Dark Winter exercise at Andrews Air Force Base simulating a bioterrorism event involving weaponized smallpox.[21]

Hamburg is a member of the Medical Advisory Team for the

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Hamburg (center right) visits a California rice farm in 2013 while Commissioner of the FDA

Hamburg was nominated by President

Food Safety Modernization Act
(2011), and a review of the system for the evaluation and approval of medical devices.

Hamburg was the longest-serving FDA commissioner since David A. Kessler, as well as the second woman to hold the position.[26] She served at the FDA until her resignation on March 28, 2015.[27][28][29][30]

During Hamburg's tenure at the FDA, the agency was criticized for speeding approvals at the expense of safety, while some industry voices indicated the pace was "justified". The FDA, under Hamburg's leadership approved 51 drugs in 2014 alone, which was noted as being "most in more than 20 years" to which Hamburg attributes to "innovative approaches".[29]

National Academy of Medicine

In April 2015 Hamburg was appointed Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine.[31] In December 2016, Hamburg was named president-elect for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[32] She served a three-year term as an officer and member of the Executive Committee of the AAAS Board of Directors beginning in February 2017.

In 2018, she participated in the

parainfluenza bioterrorism attack designed to reduce the global population.[33][34] She played the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services.[35] The event was held by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.[36] Hamburg joined the board of directors for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in 2018.[37]

In 2020, Hamburg participated in the strategic framework development for the

Additionally, Hamburg was appointed by the

LSHTM High-Level Panel[40] on Vaccine Confidence and Misinformation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, co-chaired by Heidi Larson and J. Stephen Morrison.[41]

Hamburg participated in a tabletop exercise at the March 2021

Open Philanthropy.[43] In the exercise scenario, the hypothetical outbreak was set to begin on May 15, 2022. On May 18, 2022, a real confirmed case of monkeypox was reported in an American traveller who had recently travelled to Canada.[44]

Awards and recognition

Margaret A. Hamburg at Spotlight Health, Aspen Ideas Festival, in 2015.

Hamburg is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American College of Physicians, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Academy of Medicine, where she now serves as Foreign Secretary.

Hamburg has received numerous awards, among them the

Harvey W. Wiley
Lecture Award for Outstanding Leadership in Advancing Public Health.

She is a distinguished senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies[49] and holds several Honorary Degrees.

Forbes named her as one of the world's 100 most powerful women multiple times, most recently in 2014 (#51).[50]

In 2022, Hamburg was awarded the AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize which honors individuals' groundbreaking work in the areas of public service, scientific achievement or notable services to community.[26]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Hamburg formerly served on the boards of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Rockefeller University, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Conservation International and Henry Schein Inc. She has participated as a member of the Central Intelligence Agency's Intelligence Science Board.[70]

She is also a member of the National Advisory Council for the COVID Collaborative.[71]

Hamburg is affiliated with the World Economic Forum.[72] On April 6, 2021, she participated as a speaker at a WEF event titled "The Next Frontier: Synthetic Biology".[73]

Legal issues

In 2016, Hamburg, her husband, Johnson & Johnson, and others were named in a lawsuit by

District of Columbia federal judge.[74]

Selected publications

References

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Government offices
Preceded by Health Commissioner of New York City
1991–1997
Succeeded by
Benjamin Mojica
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation
1997–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commissioner of Food and Drugs
2009–2015
Succeeded by