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Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, presented the Melvin S. Cutler Lecture at UMass Medical School, entitled, “An American Approach to Medical Evidence Generation,” on Thursday, April 27. Dr. Califf is professor of medicine at Duke University and founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He served as commissioner of the FDA from January 2016, when he was appointed by President Obama, until Jan. 20. He previously served as deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco at the FDA.
Pictured here at center, Dr. Califf is welcomed to UMMS by (from left) Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor of Medical Education, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the School of Medicine; Cathy Stavroff; Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, the Melvin S. and Sandra L. Cutler Chair in Biomedical Research and chair and professor of qualitative health sciences; Melvin S. Cutler; and Chancellor Michael F. Collins.
