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- FDA Names Medical Device Director
On October 22, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) named Michelle Tarver, MD, PhD as the new Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The CDRH oversees in vitro diagnostics and laboratory-developed tests.
Dr. Tarver has worked more than 15 years as a medical device regulator and has held various leadership positions while at the FDA. Over the course of her career, she has conducted laboratory-based and epidemiological studies, clinical trials, and surveys to capture patient preferences, as well as developed registries and patient-reported outcome measures, the FDA said.
Dr. Tarver received a BS in Biochemistry from Spelman College in Atlanta and completed the MD/PhD program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health.