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# Former FDA Chief of Staff on Biden Covid Team
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/former-fda-chief-of-staff-on-biden-covid-team/
- Published: 2021-02-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:48:32.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Biologics, Drugs, #legacy-id-D5148747

Former FDA chief of staff **Lauren Silvis** has been added to President **Joe Biden**’s Covid-19 response team. Silvis was agency chief of staff under former commissioner **Scott Gottlieb**. Before serving as chief of staff from 5/2017 to 6/2019, she was CDRH deputy director for policy. Silvis currently is senior vice president for external affairs at Tempus, a genomics-based diagnostic company.

*Becker’s Hospital Review* reports that Gottlieb said Silvis promoted key initiatives to improve medical technology safety and modernize regulation of over-the-counter drugs, among other efforts, and will continue to contribute to U.S. public health.