Margaret a. hamburg biography
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Margaret A. Hamburg
Dr. Margaret Hamburg is an internationally recognized leader in science, medicine and public health, and an expert on biological threats and pandemic preparedness. Dr. Hamburg recently completed her term as Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine, where she served as senior advisor on international matters and liaison with other Academies of Medicine and Science around the world. She continues to represent the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on the steering committee of the InterAcademy Partnership for Science, Health and Policy, the organization that represents Academies of Science and Medicine around the world. Dr. Hamburg is also the past Chair/President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the worldâs largest scientific membership organization.
Prior to this, Dr. Hamburg served as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration where she was known for advancing regulatory science, medi
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Margaret Hamburg, one of the youngest people ever elected to the Institute of Medicine (IoM, an affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences), is a highly regarded expert in community health and bio-defense, including preparedness for nuclear, biological, and chemical threats. As health commissioner for New York City from 1991 to 1997, she developed innovative programs for controlling the spread of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Margaret Hamburg is the daughter of Beatrix and David Hamburg, both distinguished physicians and early role models for her career in medicin. Her mother was the first African-American woman to attend Vassar College and to earn a degree from the Yale University School of Medicine (which had previously excluded black students). Her Jewish father and grandmother taught her to value education and family and to fight discrimination and oppression.
When she was inducted into the prestigious Institute of Medicine in 1994, she had followed the path of her parents
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Margaret A. Hamburg
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