News & Events
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Public Calendar: June 15-19, 2009
This public calendar is issued by the Food and Drug Administration. It lists significant meetings held by designated FDA policy makers with persons outside the executive branch of the Federal Government.
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| FDA Official and Title | Date | Location | Other FDA Participants | Non-FDA Participants | Subject |
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| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/15/2009 | Silver Spring, MD | Jeff Shuren, Stephen Sundlof, Steve Solomon, Marjorie Davidson, Kari Barrett, Ken Nolan, Kristy Moran, Kay Springer | Marianne Rowden (American Association of Exporters and Importers), Robert Garfield (American Frozen Food institute), Steve Mister (Council for Responsible Nutrition), Deborah White (Food Marketing Institute), Robert Brackett (Grocery Manufacturers Association), Connie Tipton (International Dairy Food Association), Mardi Mountford (International Formula Council), Richard Cristol (International Food Additives Council), Alison Bodor (National Confectioners Association), Lisa Weddig (National Fisheries Institute), Thomas Franklin Wenning (National Grocers Association), Robert Byrne (National Milk Producers Federation), Dawn Sweeney (National Restaurant Association), Tom O’Brien (Produce Marketing Association), Tom Stenzel (United Fresh Produce Association) | Listening Session with- the Food Industry and Trade Associations |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/16/2009 | Washington, DC | Lisa Rovin | Reagan Udall Board members: Georges Benjamin, Kay Holcombe, Mark McClellan, Garry Neil, Jane Reese-Coulbourne, Bill Schultz, Ellen Sigal, Lana Skirboll, Tachi Yamada, Diana Zuckerman, Rachel Behrman, Melissa Robb, Judy Racoonsin, Nancy Stanisic | Regan-Udall Foundation Board of Directors Meeting |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/17/2009 | Washington, DC | Joshua Sharfstein, Theresa Toigo, James Valentine, Kristy Moran | Sandra J. Fusco-Walker (Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics), Sue A. Nelson (American Heart Association), Micke A. Brown (American Pain Foundation), Marianne Skolek (Independent Activist for Victims of Opioids), Mike Katz (International Myeloma Foundation), Adam Michael Clark (Lance Armstrong Foundation), Andrew Sperling (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Shawn O’Neail (National Multiple Sclerosis Society), Roberta Biegel (National Osteoporosis Foundation), Nancy Davenport-Ennis (National Patient Advocate Foundation), Alan Fanciscus (The Hepatitis C Support Project), Coco Jervis (Treatment Action Group) | Listening Session with-Patient Advocacy Organizations |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/17/2009 | Washington, DC | Jesse Goodman, Murray Lumpkin, Lou Valdez, Norman Baylor | Margaret Chan, Ian Smith (World Health Organization) | Discussion of World Health Organization and FDA issues concerning H1N1 virus |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/19/2009 | Silver Spring, MD | Joshua Sharfstein, Lawrence Bachorik, Patricia Kuntze, Lynne Rice, Wanda Russ, Steven Solomon, Theresa Toigo | Jonathan Cantu (Food and Drug Safety Associate Government Accountability Project), Allan Coukell, (Pew Prescription Project, Pew Charitable Trusts), Jane Delgado (National Alliance for Hispanic Health), Ami Gadhia (Consumers Union), Amanda Hitt (Public Health and Safety Associate Government Accountability Project), Linda Rouse O’Neill (Federal Affairs Premier Representing Advancing Patient Safety Coalition), Diana Zuckerman (National Research Center for Women and Families), Michael McGregor (Alliance for Justice) | Listening Session-Meeting with Consumer Organizations on Devices |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/19/2009 | Washington, DC | n/a | n/a | Attend the 65th Annual Radio & Television Correspondents Association Dinner |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/17/2009 | Silver Spring, MD | Susan Winckler, Lawrence Bachorik, Kristy Moran | Consumers Union: James A. Guest, President and Chief Executive Officer; Rob Schneider, Director of External Relations | Meet and Greet with new Commissioner |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/17/2009 | Silver Spring, MD | Stephen Sundlof, Stephen Mason, Patrick McGarey, Kristy Moran | Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Rod Nilsestuen, Secretary; Steve Ingham, Administrator, Division of Food Safety; Will Hughes, Policy Advisor | Meeting to discuss Wisconsin’s perspective on food safety changes. |
| Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/18/2009 | Silver Spring, MD | Bernadette Dunham, William Flynn, David White, Steve Vaughn, Tracey Forfa, Jesse Goodman, Wanda Russ | Kerry Thompson, ACC Chair (American Horse Council), Elizabeth Parker (National Cattlemen’s Beef Association), Michael Gilsdorf (National Association of Federal Veterinarians), Ron Phillips (Animal Health Institute), Rich Carnevale (Animal Health Institute), Alex Mathews (Animal Health Institute), Jennifer Greiner (National Pork Producers Council), Steve Kopperud (Policy Directions, Inc), Amy Mann (National Association of State Department of Agriculture), Kelli Ludlum (American Farm Bureau Foundation), Barb Glenn (Biotechnology Industry Association), Joel Newman (United States Animal Health Association), Harry Snelson (American Association of Swine Veterinarians), Randy Gordon (National Grain and Feed Association), Brian Smith (Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges), Liz Wagstrom (National Pork Board), Jim Hodges (American Meat Institute), Christine Hoang (American Veterinary Medical Association) | To provide an opportunity for Dr. Hamburg and Dr. Sharfstein to meet with AAC to hear their perspective on antimicrobial use in food-producing animals. |
| Joshua Sharfstein, Principal Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/18/2009 | Washington, DC | N/A | John Rother (AARP); Marina Weiss (March of Dimes); Lori Reilly (PhRMA); Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows | Robert Wood Johnson 2009 Health Policy Synergy Workshop |
| Joshua Sharfstein, Principal Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs | 6/19/2009 | Silver Spring, MD | Jeff Shuren; David Acheson | Jean Spence, Sherry Marcoullier, CarolKellar, Brian Folkerts (Kraft Foods) | Food Safety Discussion |
| Jesse Goodman, Chief Scientist and Acting Deputy Commissioner | 6/15/09 through 6/19/09 | N/A | N/A | N/A | No significant meetings |
| John Dyer, Deputy Commissioner for Operations and Chief Operating Officer | 6/15/09 through 6/19/09 | N/A | N/A | N/A | No significant meetings |
| Murray Lumpkin, Deputy Commissioner for International and Special Programs | 6/17/2009 | Rockville, MD | N/A | Joseph Scheeren (Bayer) | International Regulatory Issues |
| Randall Lutter, Deputy Commissioner for Policy | 6/15/09 through 6/19/09 | N/A | N/A | N/A | No significant meetings |
| Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | 6/15/09 through 6/19/09 | N/A | N/A | N/A | No significant meetings |
| Michael Chappell, Acting Associate Commissioner, Office of Regulatory Affairs | 6/15/09 through 6/19/09 | N/A | N/A | N/A | No significant meetings |
| Karen Midthun, Acting Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research | 06/15-19/09 | Geneva, Switzerland | N/A | N/A | WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety Meeting. |
| Daniel Schultz, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health | 6/15/09 through 6/19/09 | N/A | N/A | N/A | No significant meetings |
| Stephen Sundlof, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | 6/16/2009 | College Park, MD | Janice F. Oliver, Susan Bernard, David Zorn, Nega Beru, Thomas Williams, Dianne Benjamin | Ladd Wiley, Steven Grossman (Alliance for a Stronger FDA), Jessica Wassergan, (Fresh Produce Association), Lisa Weddig (National Fisheries Institute), Ben Firschein( United Stated Pharmacopeia), Chirs Waldrop (Consumer Federation of America), David Plunkett (Center for Science in the Public Interest) | N/A |
| Bernadette Dunham, Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine | 6/19/2009 | Rockville, MD | Tracey Forfa, William Flynn, Steve Vaughn | Ashley Shelton, Christine Hoang, Elizabeth Curry Galvin, Jim Cook, Lyle Vogel (American Veterinary Medical Association) | General discussion |
| William Slikker, Director, National Center for Toxicological Research | 6/15/2009 | Jefferson, AR | N/A | Ray Woosley, Beatriz Rendon (Critical Path Institute), Arthur R. Norris (The Alliance of Jefferson County, AR) | Conference call to discuss interactions of the Critical Path Institute with FDA |
| Michael M. Landa, Acting Chief Counsel | 6/15/09 through 6/19/09 | N/A | N/A | N/A | No significant meetings |
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