Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hamburg (born July 12, 1955,

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) is an

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physician and public health administrator, who is serving as the chair of the board of the

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(AAAS) and co-chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). She served as the 21st Commissioner of the

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from May 2009 to April 2015.

Early life and education

Hamburg is the daughter of

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and

David A. Hamburg David Allen Hamburg (October 1, 1925 – April 21, 2019) was an American psychiatrist. He served as president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1982 to 1997. He also served as the President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academ ...

, both physicians. Her mother was the first self-identified African-American woman to be accepted at

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and to earn a degree from the

Yale University School of Medicine The Yale School of Medicine is the graduate medical school at Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. The primary te ...

. Her father is President Emeritus of the

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and also served as the president of the AAAS in 1984. Hamburg graduated from

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in 1977 and earned her M.D. from

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

in 1983. She completed her medical residency training at the

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and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Hamburg is married to

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, a computer scientist and

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expert. The couple were married on May 23, 1992. Brown is the chief executive officer of

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. Renaissance Technologies employees were collectively the top donors to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and collectively the third largest donors to Hillary Clinton, 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.

Career

Following her medical training, Hamburg moved to

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, to begin her career in

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. She served in several roles, beginning with a position in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the

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. She also worked as a clinical instructor for

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from 1986-1990. From May 1989 to May 1990, she worked as Assistant Director of the

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under Anthony Fauci. In this position, she participated in

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policy development and research. In 1991 Hamburg was appointed Commissioner of the

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, where she served for six years, working first for Mayor

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and then-Mayor

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. 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. In 1997, President

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appointed Hamburg as Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She served in this policy role until 2001 when she became the founding Vice President for Biological Programs and later the Senior Scientist for the

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, a foundation created by

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dedicated to reducing the threat to public safety from nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. In that role, Hamburg spearheaded efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to both naturally occurring and deliberately caused biological threats. She worked on reforms to reduce the dangers associated with modern bioterrorism and infectious diseases such as

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. In June 2001, Hamburg participated in the

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exercise at

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simulating a

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event involving weaponized

smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus) which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) c ...

. Hamburg is a member of the Medical Advisory Team for the

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, where she also served on the board of trustees from 2004-2009. On July 13, 2005, she was announced as an advisor to the

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by the Pew Charitable Trusts and

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Hamburg was nominated by President

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in March 2009 to become Commissioner of the

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, and was unanimously confirmed in May 2009. As FDA Commissioner she was known for advancing regulatory science, streamlining and modernizing FDA's regulatory pathways, and globalization of the agency, as well as the implementation of the

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(2009), the

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(2011), and a review of the system for the evaluation and approval of medical devices. Hamburg was the longest-serving FDA commissioner since

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, as well as the second woman to hold the position. She served at the FDA until her resignation on March 28, 2015. 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."

National Academy of Medicine

In April 2015 Hamburg was appointed Foreign Secretary of the

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. In December 2016, Hamburg was named president-elect for the

. 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

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pandemic exercise that modelled a fictional

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bioterrorism attack designed to reduce the global population. She played the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services. The event was held by the

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. Hamburg joined the board of directors for

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in 2018. In 2020, Hamburg participated in the strategic framework development for the Grand Challenge on Climate Change, Human Health, & Equity. Other notable participants included Peter Daszak of

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, and representatives from the

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a member institution of the University of London that specialises in public health and tropical medicine. The inst ...

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University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...

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, and numerous universities. Additionally, Hamburg was appointed by the

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to serve on its Independent Task Force on Improving Pandemic Preparedness, co-chaired by Sylvia Mathews Burwell and

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. That year, she also served on the CSIS-

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High-Level Panel on Vaccine Confidence and Misinformation amid the

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, co-chaired by

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and J. Stephen Morrison. Hamburg participated in a tabletop exercise at the March 2021

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modelling a fictional international outbreak of

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. The exercise was led by the

and funded by

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. 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

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Awards and recognition

Hamburg is a Fellow of the

and the

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, as well as a member of the

and the

, where she now serves as Foreign Secretary. Hamburg has received numerous awards, among them the

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's Trumpeter Award in 2011 and the

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's 2011 Health Research Policy Hero Award. She has also received the

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's (ACCP) Nathaniel T. Kwit Memorial Distinguished Service Award, the

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Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Health Policy, the Radcliffe Alumnae Award and the

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's Breath of Life Award. Hamburg was the 2017 recipient of the FDAAA's

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Lecture Award for Outstanding Leadership in Advancing Public Health. She is a distinguished senior fellow with the

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and holds several Honorary Degrees. ''

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'' named her as one of the world's 100 most powerful women multiple times, most recently in 2014 (#51). In 2022, Hamburg was awarded the

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which honors individuals' groundbreaking work in the areas of public service, scientific achievement or notable services to community.

Other activities

Corporate boards

, member of the board of directors (since 2018)

Non-profit organizations

American Museum of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. In Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 26 inter ...

, member of the board of trustees *

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, member of the board of directors (former) *

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was ...

, member of the Global Health Scientific Advisory Committee *

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, formerly known as the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, is an organization of former high-ranking government officials that analyzes US capabilities and capacity to defend against biological threats. A ...

, commissioner *

Broad Institute The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (IPA: , pronunciation respelling: ), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U ...

, member of the board of directors *

(CSIS), Member of the Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security (since 2017) *

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a foundation that takes donations from public, private, philanthropic, and civil society organisations, to finance independent research projects to develop vaccines against emerging ...

(CEPI), chair of the Joint Coordinating Group *

Commonwealth Fund The Commonwealth Fund is a private U.S. foundation whose stated purpose is to "promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, includ ...

, member of the board of directors * Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE),

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, member of the advisory board * Department of Global Health,

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

, member of the external advisory board *

GAVI Alliance GAVI, officially Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (previously the GAVI Alliance, and before that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) is a Public–private partnership, public–private global health partnership with the goal of incr ...

, member of the board *

, member of the board of fellows *

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, member of the global advisory council *

(NTI), member of the board of directors *

Simons Foundation The Simons Foundation is a private foundation established in 1994 by Marilyn and Jim Simons with offices in New York City. As one of the largest charitable organizations in the US with assets of over $5 billion in 2022, the foundation's mission ...

, member of the scientific advisory board for the Autism Research Initiative *

Urban Institute The Urban Institute is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank that carries out economic and social policy research to "open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions". The institute receives funding from government contracts, foundations and pr ...

, member of the board of trustees *

, member of the Strategic Advisory Board on Vaccines and Drug-resistant Infections * World Dementia Council, member of the board Hamburg formerly served on the boards of the

, the

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, the

Nathan Cummings Foundation The Nathan Cummings Foundation was endowed by Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), founder of Consolidated Foods, later renamed Sara Lee. Cummings was also a prominent art collector and supporter of Jewish causes. In his lifetime, Cummings made c ...

Conservation International Conservation International (CI) is an American nonprofit environmental organization headquartered in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. CI's work focuses on science, policy and partnership with businesses, governments and communities. The organ ...

and Henry Schein Inc. She has participated as a member of the

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's Intelligence Science Board. She is also a member of the National Advisory Council for the COVID Collaborative. Hamburg is affiliated with the

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. On April 6, 2021, she participated as a speaker at a WEF event titled "The Next Frontier: Synthetic Biology".

Legal issues

in 2016, Hamburg, her husband, along with Johnson & Johnson, among others were named in a lawsuit; th
complaint
alleging Dr. Hamburg, Renaissance Technologies, LLC conspired with Johnson & Johnson in suppressing safety information about the drug Levaquin. The suit further states that "Obama administration appointee, former FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg, is at the heart of this scandal..." who, with her husband "profited enormously" from J&J stock, the maker of Levaquin. The main arguments of the case are that (1) Hamburg, as FDA commissioner, had a conflict of interest with J&J as a result of her husband's firm's investments in the pharmaceutical firm; and (2) that Hamburg's work as FDA Commissioner benefitted J&J while hurting consumers due to safety problems with the drug Levaquin. The attorneys for the defense stated the lawsuit is "patently false, reckless and offensive." Complainants in the suit seek $800M in damages from the defendants, for "hiding side effects" of the drug. The suit, filed by

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, was dismissed in 2017 by a

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federal judge.

Selected publications

* Hamburg MA. (2012)
Science and regulation: FDA's approach to regulation of products of nanotechnology.
Science. Vol. 336(6079):299-300 * Hamburg MA. (2010)
Shattuck lecture: Innovation, regulation, and the FDA. New England Journal of Medicine.
Vol. 363(23):2228-32 * Hamburg MA, Collins FS. (2010)
The path to personalized medicine. New England Journal of Medicine.
Vol. 363(4):301-4 * Hamburg MA, Sharfstein JM. (2009)
The FDA as a public health agency. New England Journal of Medicine.
Vol. 360(24):2493-5 * Hamburg, M.A., Levi, J., Elliott, K. and Williams, L. (2008)
Germs go global: why emerging infectious diseases are a threat to America.
Trust for America's Health * Hamburg, M.A. (2007)
Public health and China: emerging disease and challenges to health.
In: K.M. Campbell and W. Darsie (eds.). China's March on the 21st century: A Report of the Aspen Srategy Group. Washington DC: The Aspen Institute, pp 61–76 * Hamburg, M.A. (2002)
Bioterrorism: responding to an emerging threat. Trends in Biotechnology.
Vol. 20(7): 296-298 * Hamburg, M.A. (2002)
Preparing for and preventing bioterrorism. Issues in Science and Technology.
Vol. 18(2): 27-30 * Hamburg, M.A. (2001)
Challenges facing public health agencies.
Public Health Reports. Vol. 116(Supplement 2): 59-63 * Frieden, T.R., Fujiwara, P.I., Washko, R.M. and Hamburg, M.A. (1995
Turning the tide on tuberculosis: the New York City experience.
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 333: 229-233 * Hamburg, M.A. and Frieden, T.R. (1994)
Tuberculosis transmission in the 1990s (editorial).
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 330, No. 24: 1750-1751 * Hamburg, M.A. and Fauci, A.S. (Spring 1989)
AIDS: the challenge to biomedical research.
Deadalus, Vol. 118, No. 2: 19-39 * Hamburg, M. and Tallman, J.F. (1981)
Chronic morphine administration increases the apparent number of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors in rat brain.
Nature 291: 493-495 * Smolinski, M.S., Hamburg, M.A., and Lederberg, J., Editors (2003
Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response.
Washington D.C.: The National Academies Press * "Zerhouni E and Hamburg M. (2016)
The need for global regulatory harmonization: A public health imperative.
Science Translational Medicine. Vol 8(338)"

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