Public Calendar: December 10-16, 2023
This public calendar is issued by the Food and Drug Administration. It lists significant meetings held by designated FDA policy makers with persons outside the executive branch of the federal government.
Official Name: Robert M. Califf, M.D., MACC, Commissioner for Food and Drugs
Event Date: 12/13/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Smoking Cessation
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Frank Leone, Jennifer Ohn, John Feore, John Studdard, Nicki Augustyn (American College of Chest Physicians);
Event Date: 12/13/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: FDA Working Session: Chronic Lung Disease
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Several stakeholders interested in chronic lung disease
Event Date: 12/14/2023
Location: Washington, DC
Subject: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Orientation
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Several staff of the National Academy of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows
Official Name: Janet Woodcock, M.D., Principal Deputy Commissioner
No Significant Event
Official Name: Jim Jones, Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods
Event Date: 12/11/2023
Location: Arlington, VA
Subject: Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaborative
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Representatives from several trade associations
Event Date: 12/12/2023
Location: College Park, MD
Subject: Food Safety Issues of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Several leaders and staff from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada
Event Date: 12/13/2023
Location: College Park, MD
Subject: Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling Listening Session
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Several attendees from across the food industry and retailers
Event Date: 12/14/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Food Safety Issues of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: MARK MOORMAN; REBECCA BUCKNER; CATHERINE MCDERMOTT; DONALD PRATER;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Alison Bodor, Donna Garren, Sanjay Gummalla (American Frozen Foods Institute);
Event Date: 12/14/2023
Location: College Park, MD
Subject: Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling Listening Session
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Several attendees from the food industry associations
Event Date: 12/15/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Food Safety Issues of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: JESSICA ROWDEN; REBECCA BUCKNER; DONALD PRATER;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Chris Adamo, Miguel Del Toro, Nancy Dowling, Pat Maloney, Stephanie Goodwin (Danone North America);
Event Date: 12/15/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling Listening Session
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Consumer and public health groups, academia, and health care organizations
Official Name: Kimberlee Trzeciak, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs
Event Date: 12/12/2023
Location: Washington, DC
Subject: Avenue Solutions Holiday Party 2023
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Industry and other stakeholders
Official Name: Jim Sigg, Deputy Commissioner for Operations
Event Date: 12/13/2023
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Subject: FDA / Percontee Meeting
FDA Participant/Group: NAMANDJE BUMPUS;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Chris Miller, Denise Barbut, Elliott Crooke, Johanna Lund, Mary Beth Fargo, Michale Zasloff, Robert Beckman, Spiros Dimolitsas (Georgetown University); Dori Farley, Drew Gorman, Lizzet Diaz, Maeve Koch, Mark Furlan, P. David Bramble, Pamela Lichtenwalner, Wilkingson Germain (MCB Real Estate); Ayanna Lamert (Global LifeSci Development Corporation); Jonathan Genn (Global LifeSci Development Corp and Percontee, Inc);
Official Name: Mark Abdoo, Associate Commissioner for Global Policy and Strategy
Event Date: 12/11/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Global Health Issues
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Carlos Santos-Burgoa (George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health);
Event Date: 12/14/2023
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Subject: FDA's Perspective on the Idea of Establishing an FDA Office in Israel
FDA Participant/Group: ANNA FERUS, SEMA HASHEMI
Non FDA Participant/Group: Eliav Benjamin, Omer Bab (Embassy of Israel);
Official Name: Michael Rogers, Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs
No Significant Event
Official Name: Leah Hunter, Associate Commissioner for External Affairs
No Significant Event
Official Name: Namandjé N. Bumpus, Ph.D., Chief Scientist
No Significant Event
Official Name: Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Event Date: 12/14/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Long COVID Treatment and Research Options
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Beverly Weiss (Patient advocate);
Event Date: 12/15/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: 2025 Strategies
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Sara Radcliffe (United States Pharmacopia (USP));
Official Name: Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
No Significant Event
Official Name: Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D., Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
No Significant Event
Official Name: Donald Prater, Acting Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Event Date: 12/12/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Topics of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: MARK MOORMAN; MICHAEL ROGERS; MICHAEL DUTCHER; ERIK METTLER; CONRAD CHOINIERE; JAMES GORNY; SCOTT MACINTIRE; KARI BARRETT; CATHERINE MCDERMOTT; JEFFREY FARRAR;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Steve Mandernach (Association of Food and Drug Officials); Hilary Thesmar (Food Safety, Food Marketing Institute); Mike Taylor, Mitzi Baum (Stop Foodborne Illness); Joe Reardon (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)); Natalie Dyenson (International Fresh Produce Association); Jennifer McEntire (Food Safety Strategy); Brian Ronholm (Reports Food Policy Program); De Ann Davis (Western Growers); Barbara B. Kowalcyk (Milken Institute of Public Health, George Washington University);
Official Name: Brian King, Ph.D., Director, Center for Tobacco Products
Event Date: 12/11/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: CTP Programmatic Update
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Members of CDC’s National Tobacco Control Program
Event Date: 12/14/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Tobacco Enforcement Efforts
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Representatives and staffers supporting the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee
Official Name: Tracey H. Forfa, J.D., Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine
Event Date: 12/11/2023
Location: Virtual
Subject: Veterinary Issues of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: MATTHEW LUCIA; WILLIAM FLYNN; TRISTAN COLONIUS; DOROTHY BAILEY;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Representatives of American Sheep Industry Association (ASI)
Official Name: Tucker Patterson, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Toxicological Research
No Significant Event
Official Name: Mark Raza, J.D., Chief Counsel
No Significant Event