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 She is married to [[Peter Fitzhugh Brown]], an [[artificial intelligence]] expert, with whom she has two children. She is married to [[Peter Fitzhugh Brown]], an [[artificial intelligence]] expert, with whom she has two children.
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 ===== Background ===== ===== Background =====
  
-Hamburg was born in 1955.((//Dr. Margaret Hamburg.// Changing the Face of Medicine. Retrieved March 25, 2009, from https://archive.ph/TwJNr)) She is the daughter of [[Beatrix Hamburg|Beatrix]] and [[David Hamburg]], both physicians and early role models for her career in medicine. 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 [[Judaism|Jewish]] father and grandmother "taught her to value education and family and to fight [[discrimination]] and [[oppression]]."+Hamburg was born July 12, 1955.((//Dr. Margaret Hamburg.// Changing the Face of Medicine. Retrieved March 25, 2009, from https://archive.ph/TwJNr)) She is the daughter of [[Beatrix Hamburg|Beatrix]] and [[David Hamburg]], both physicians and early role models for her career in medicine. 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 [[Judaism|Jewish]] father and grandmother "taught her to value education and family and to fight [[discrimination]] and [[oppression]]." 
 ==== Education ==== ==== Education ====
  
-Hamburg earned her B.A. from [[Radcliffe College]] and her M.D. from [[Harvard Medical School]] at [[Harvard University]], and she completed her medical residency at [[Weill Cornell Medical Center]]. She is a fellow of the [[American College of Physicians]], and was inducted into the Institute of Medicine in 1994.+Hamburg earned her B.A. from [[Radcliffe College]] (prior to it becoming part of Harvard University) and her M.D. from [[Harvard Medical School]] at [[Harvard University]], and she completed her medical residency at [[Weill Cornell Medical Center]]. She is a fellow of the [[American College of Physicians]], and was inducted into the Institute of Medicine in 1994.
  
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 ===== Career ===== ===== Career =====
  
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 ==== Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (1986-1988) ==== ==== Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (1986-1988) ====
  
-From 1986 to 1988, she served in the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services:Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion]] at the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]].((//Dr. Margaret Hamburg.// Changing the Face of Medicine. Retrieved March 25, 2009, from https://archive.ph/TwJNr))+From 1986 to 1988, she served in the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services:Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion]] at the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]].((//Dr. Margaret Hamburg.// Changing the Face of Medicine. Retrieved March 25, 2009, from https://archive.ph/TwJNr)) She also worked as a clinical instructor for [[Georgetown University School of Medicine]] from 1986-1990.((Wallechinsky, D. (2016). //Hamburg, Margaret.// AllGov - Officials. https://archive.ph/5sDIi)) 
 ==== National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1989-1990) ==== ==== National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1989-1990) ====
  
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 ==== Nuclear Threat Initiative (2001-2009) ==== ==== Nuclear Threat Initiative (2001-2009) ====
  
-Hamburg was founding vice president and senior scientist at the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] (NTI) where she worked on reforms to reduce the dangers associated with modern [[bioterrorism]] and [[infectious diseases]] such as [[pandemic influenza]].+Hamburg was founding vice president and senior scientist at the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] (NTI) - a foundation created by [[Ted Turner]] to reduce the threat of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons - where she worked on reforms to reduce the dangers associated with modern [[bioterrorism]] and [[infectious diseases]] such as [[pandemic influenza]].
  
 She left the NTI in 2009 to accept the leadership position for the [[Food and Drug Administration]], but returned years later as chair of the NTI | bio Advisory Group and the Interim Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs.((//Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. | Leadership & Staff | About | NTI.// (2021, October 5). [[Wayback Machine]]; [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]]. https://archive.ph/bKgdu)) She left the NTI in 2009 to accept the leadership position for the [[Food and Drug Administration]], but returned years later as chair of the NTI | bio Advisory Group and the Interim Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs.((//Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. | Leadership & Staff | About | NTI.// (2021, October 5). [[Wayback Machine]]; [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]]. https://archive.ph/bKgdu))
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 Hamburg is a member of the Medical Advisory Team for the [[Sidwell Friends School]]. She served on the board of trustees from 2004-2009.((//Medical Advisory Team.// Sidwell Friends. Retrieved June 1, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220602064113/https://www.sidwell.edu/about/be-sidwell/medical-advisory-team)) Hamburg is a member of the Medical Advisory Team for the [[Sidwell Friends School]]. She served on the board of trustees from 2004-2009.((//Medical Advisory Team.// Sidwell Friends. Retrieved June 1, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220602064113/https://www.sidwell.edu/about/be-sidwell/medical-advisory-team))
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 +On July 13, 2005, Hamburg was announced as an advisor to the [[Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies]] by the [[Pew Charitable Trusts]] and [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]].((//Pew Charitable Trusts, Wilson Center Launch Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.// (2005, July 13). The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. https://archive.ph/GuinQ))
  
 ==== Food and Drug Administration (2009-2015) ==== ==== Food and Drug Administration (2009-2015) ====
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 Hamburg is a member of the board of trustees for the [[American Museum of Natural History]].((//Board of Trustees.// (2022, April 29). American Museum of Natural History. https://archive.ph/KDzUf)) Hamburg is a member of the board of trustees for the [[American Museum of Natural History]].((//Board of Trustees.// (2022, April 29). American Museum of Natural History. https://archive.ph/KDzUf))
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 +==== American Society of Microbiology ====
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 +Hamburg is a member of the [[American Society of Microbiology]].((Leppard, N. (2022, June 17). //Margaret Hamburg, MD Biography.// ProCon; Encyclopedia Brittanica. https://web.archive.org/web/20220617190831/https://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/source-biographies/margaret-hamburg/))
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 +==== amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research ====
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 +Hamburg served on the board of directors for [[amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research]].((//Leadership.// (2008). amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. https://archive.ph/YbSro))
  
 ==== Aspen Institute ==== ==== Aspen Institute ====
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 ==== Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ==== ==== Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ====
  
-Hamburg formerly served on the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Center for Infectious Diseases under the [[Center for Disease Control and Prevention|U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC).((//Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, named FDA Commissioner.// (2009, March 11). Friends of Cancer Research. https://archive.ph/EhJin))+Hamburg formerly served on the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Center for Infectious Diseases under the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC).((//Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, named FDA Commissioner.// (2009, March 11). Friends of Cancer Research. https://archive.ph/EhJin))
  
 ==== Central Intelligence Agency ==== ==== Central Intelligence Agency ====
  
 Hamburg has been a member of the [[Intelligence Science Board]] at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA).((//Countering the Threat of Radiological Weapons.// (2005, July 27). Center for American Progress. https://archive.ph/ntd56)) ((//CIA Intelligence Science Board.// (2016). NNDB. https://archive.ph/dXzvp)) ((//Board of Directors.// (2006). Trust for America’s Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213062536/http://healthyamericans.org/docs/index.php?DocID=28)) Hamburg has been a member of the [[Intelligence Science Board]] at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA).((//Countering the Threat of Radiological Weapons.// (2005, July 27). Center for American Progress. https://archive.ph/ntd56)) ((//CIA Intelligence Science Board.// (2016). NNDB. https://archive.ph/dXzvp)) ((//Board of Directors.// (2006). Trust for America’s Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213062536/http://healthyamericans.org/docs/index.php?DocID=28))
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 +==== Century Foundation ====
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 +Hamburg is affiliated with the [[Century Foundation]].((Wallechinsky, D. (2016). //Hamburg, Margaret.// AllGov - Officials. https://archive.ph/5sDIi))
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 ==== Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ==== ==== Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ====
  
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 Hamburg was appointed to the board of directors of the [[Lasker Foundation]] in 2020.((Hofschneider, M. //Board of Directors.// Lasker Foundation. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/zb4fI)) Hamburg was appointed to the board of directors of the [[Lasker Foundation]] in 2020.((Hofschneider, M. //Board of Directors.// Lasker Foundation. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/zb4fI))
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 +==== Markle Foundation ====
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 +Hamburg was a member of the [[Markle Foundation]]'s Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.((//Member Biographies.// (2005, February 21). Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age. https://archive.ph/7rfo9))
  
 ==== MRCT Center ==== ==== MRCT Center ====
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 Hamburg is associated with the [[World Economic Forum]], including having participated as a speaker on the topic of [[synthetic biology]].((//The Next Frontier: Synthetic Biology.// (2021, April 6). World Economic Forum. https://archive.ph/xE9f1)) ((//Margaret A. Hamburg.// World Economic Forum. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/hd5I2)) Hamburg is associated with the [[World Economic Forum]], including having participated as a speaker on the topic of [[synthetic biology]].((//The Next Frontier: Synthetic Biology.// (2021, April 6). World Economic Forum. https://archive.ph/xE9f1)) ((//Margaret A. Hamburg.// World Economic Forum. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/hd5I2))
  
 +==== World Health Organization ====
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 +Hamburg is Co-chair of the [[World Health Organization]]'s [[WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing|Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing]].((//WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing: Report of the second meeting// (p. 9). (2019). World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20220718184106/apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1344139/retrieve))
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 +Other participants on the committee include [[Jamie Metzl]] and [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]].
 ===== Other Affiliations ===== ===== Other Affiliations =====
  
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 She went on to participate in a tabletop exercise at the 2021 [[Munich Security Conference]] modelling a fictional international outbreak of [[monkeypox]].((Yassif, J., Kevin, P., O'prey, Christopher, R., & Isaac. (2021). //Strengthening Global Systems to Prevent and Respond to High-Consequence Biological Threats.// Nuclear Threat Initiative. https://web.archive.org/web/20220527194423/https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NTI_Paper_BIO-TTX_Final.pdf)) The exercise was led by the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] and funded by [[Open Philanthropy]].((//Strengthening Global Systems to Prevent and Respond to High-Consequence Biological Threats.// (2021, November 23). The Nuclear Threat Initiative. https://archive.ph/t3sph)) 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 [[united_states_of_america|American]] traveller who had recently travelled to [[Canada]].((Reilly, P. (2022, May 18). //First case of monkeypox confirmed in US this year in man who had traveled to Canada.// New York Post. https://archive.ph/YVWsW)) She went on to participate in a tabletop exercise at the 2021 [[Munich Security Conference]] modelling a fictional international outbreak of [[monkeypox]].((Yassif, J., Kevin, P., O'prey, Christopher, R., & Isaac. (2021). //Strengthening Global Systems to Prevent and Respond to High-Consequence Biological Threats.// Nuclear Threat Initiative. https://web.archive.org/web/20220527194423/https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NTI_Paper_BIO-TTX_Final.pdf)) The exercise was led by the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] and funded by [[Open Philanthropy]].((//Strengthening Global Systems to Prevent and Respond to High-Consequence Biological Threats.// (2021, November 23). The Nuclear Threat Initiative. https://archive.ph/t3sph)) 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 [[united_states_of_america|American]] traveller who had recently travelled to [[Canada]].((Reilly, P. (2022, May 18). //First case of monkeypox confirmed in US this year in man who had traveled to Canada.// New York Post. https://archive.ph/YVWsW))
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 +===== Further reading =====
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 +  * [[https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Margaret_Hamburg|SourceWatch]]
 +  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamburg|Wikipedia]]
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