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# Acting Chief Scientist Borio on Detail at White House
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/acting-chief-scientist-borio-on-detail-at-white-house/
- Published: 2017-06-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:32:02.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5139053

FDA acting chief scientist **Luciana Borio** has accepted a one-year detail with the National Security Council to assist with medical and biodefense preparedness. CDER Office of Medical Policy acting director **Denise Hinton** is being reassigned to the permanent position of deputy chief scientist, and she has agreed to serve as acting chief scientist until the search has been completed to fill the position permanently.

Hinton joined FDA in 2002 in CDER’s Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products. From 2010 until 2013, she served as CDER Office of Medical Policy Initiatives director. In 2013, she was appointed Office of Medical Policy deputy director. Prior to FDA, she was an officer in the U.S. Air Force.

  
Hinton has a nursing degree from Florida State University, and a master of science from Boston University.