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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2008;299(20):2379.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed Frank M. Torti, MD, MPH, to be the agency's first chief scientist.

The US Food and Drug Administration has appointed cancer researcher Frank M. Torti, MD, MPH, as the agency's first chief scientist. (Photo credit: Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University)

Congress created the position in 2007 to help shore up the FDA's scientific integrity, which has been called into question by agency panels and outsiders who cite inadequate resources and undue industry influence at the agency. Torti will help launch an FDA fellowship program and his office will be charged with ensuring the quality of the agency's scientific activities.

Previously, Torti chaired the Department of Cancer Biology and directed the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.

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