Margaret Hamburg, M.D.

Margaret Hamburg is an internationally recognized expert in medicine and public health and a leading authority on emergency preparedness and response. She is currently foreign secretary for the National Academy of Medicine. Prior to this, Hamburg was commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, known for advancing regulatory science, medical product innovation, and the globalization of the agency, while also overseeing the implementation of groundbreaking laws to curb tobacco use and to enhance food safety.

Other positions held by Hamburg include president and chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; vice president and senior scientist at the Nuclear Threat Initiative; New York City health commissioner; assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services; and assistant director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. She serves on numerous boards and advisory committees.

She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.