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Commissioner of Food and Drugs Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., today announced the appointment of Margaret O’K. Glavin as FDA’s new Assistant Commissioner for Counter-terrorism. Ms. Glavin is a nationally recognized food safety policy expert, who was most recently a Visiting Scholar at Resources for the Future, a prominent think tank on environmental and natural resources.
As the new Assistant Commissioner, Ms. Glavin will be the senior counter-terrorism advisor to Dr. McClellan, and will supervise FDA’s Office of Counter-terrorism Policy.
In this role she will provide executive level policy and program direction for FDA’s counter-terrorism-related strategic, legislative and inter-agency activities. "Margaret Glavin possesses extensive experience in program and policy development, food safety strategic planning, and crisis management," said, Dr. McClellan. "These are critical times for our nation, and we welcome talented individuals like Margaret joining FDA to help protect America from terrorist threats."
From 1968 to 2002, Ms. Glavin held a number of positions in the U.S. Department of Agriculture culminating in her being named Acting Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, a 10,000-person regulatory public health agency responsible for the safety of the U.S. meat and poultry supply.
A graduate of Trinity College and Georgetown University, Ms. Glavin has published articles in various publications, including Food and Agriculture 2003, SAIS Review, and Food and Drug Law Journal.
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