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FDA appoints Borio acting chief scientist

March 10, 2015 2:17 AM UTC

FDA named Luciana Borio as acting chief scientist, effective at the end of March. Chief scientist Stephen Ostroff will leave the post to become acting commissioner.

Borio is assistant commissioner for counterterrorism policy and director of the FDA's Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats (OCET) in the Office of the Chief Scientist. OCET deputy director Carmen Maher will assume the day to day responsibilities of managing OCET. ...