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Home » Dr. Robert Califf named FDA deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco

Dr. Robert Califf named FDA deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco

January 29, 2015
CenterWatch Staff

FDA commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., has appointed Robert Califf, M.D., a global leader in cardiology, clinical research and medical economics, as FDA deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco.  

Califf will provide executive leadership to the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and the Center for Tobacco Products. He also will oversee the Office of Special Medical Programs in the Office of the Commissioner. Califf will play a critical role in providing high-level advice and policy direction on the agency’s medical product and tobacco priorities and will manage cross-cutting clinical, scientific and regulatory initiatives in several key areas for the agency, including personalized medicine, orphan drugs, pediatric science and the advisory committee system.

Califf currently is vice chancellor of clinical and translational research at Duke University. Other prominent roles during his tenure at Duke include director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute (DTMI), and professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Previously, he was the founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the world’s largest academic research organization.

Califf has led many landmark clinical studies, and is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in cardiovascular medicine, health outcomes research, health care quality and clinical research. He is a leaders in the growing field of translational research, which is key to ensuring that advances in science translate into medical care.

He was a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committees that recommended Medicare coverage of clinical trials and the removal of ephedra from the market and of the IOM’s Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors. In addition, he was a member of the FDA Cardiorenal Advisory Panel and FDA Science Board’s Subcommittee on Science and Technology. Currently, he is a member of the IOM Policy Committee and liaison to the Forum in Drug Discovery, Development and Translation.

Califf will join the FDA in late February.

The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human drugs, including vaccines and other biological products for human use, veterinary drugs, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.

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