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18 FDA Veterinarian 1 (2003)

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                                              Center for Veterinary Medicine

January/February 2003                                                               Vol. XVIII, No. I


CVM NAMES TWO TO SENIOR POSTS


by Joanne M. Kla


T he Center forVeterinary Medicine has recently filled
   the positions of Director, Office of Research and
Deputy Director of the Office of New Animal Drug
Evaluation.
  Effective January 15, 2003, Dr. Linda Youngman
accepted the position of Director, Office of Research


       Dr. Linda Youngman
tenure, the quality of OR's


    (OR), on a permanent
    basis succeeding Dr.
    Norris Alderson. Dr.
    Youngman has been
    acting director for the
    past 11/2 years. Dur-
    ing this time, she has
    demonstrated  the
    leadership,   team
    work and commit-
    ment that has been so
 ,important to the con-
    tinuing success of OR
    and CVM. During her
science has received high


recognition and the productivity of OR's scientists has
remained high, said Dr. Stephen Sundlof, CVM Di-
rector. Dr. Youngman served as Deputy Director of OR
from August 2000 to July 2002.
  Prior to coming to CVM, Dr. Youngman worked at
the University of Oxford (UK), Clinical Trial Service
Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, as the Direc-
tor of Laboratories responsible for conducting large,
human clinical trials and epidemiological studies
worldwide.
  Dr. Youngman earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. de-
grees from Cornell University in toxicology and bio-
chemistry. She also received post-graduate training in
Epidemiology and Medical Statistics at the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.


  Dr.   Bernadette
Dunham joined CVM
on December 16,
2002, as the new
Deputy Director for the
Office of New Animal
Drug     Evaluation -
(ONADE). ONADE's
major responsibility is
to review information
submitted by drug
sponsors to determine
if data are adequate to   Dr. Bernadette Dunham
support a drug's approval for marketing. Dr. Dunham
comes to CVM from the American Veterinary Medical
Association's Governmental Relations Division in
Washington, D.C., where she was serving as Acting
Director. Dr. Dunham had been with AVMA since
1995.
  I have worked with Bernadette for several years. I
have a great respect for her accomplishments and pro-
fessionalism in advancing AVMA's mission, and I am
very gratified that she has elected to work for CVM,
said Dr. Stephen Sundlof, CVM Director.
  Dr. Dunham received her D.V.M. from the Ontario
Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph,
Ontario, Canada. She was in private practice
                           (Continued, next page)

  IN THIS ISSUE
  A Contemporary Approach to Risk Analysis
  in G FI  #152  ....................................................... ...  2
  Leveraging Examples - Part II: CRADAs ................  5
  Pew Initiative Meeting on Transgenic Animals ..........  8
  CVM Issues Draft Guidance on Raw Meat Diets ...... 1 0


U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
             PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
          FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

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