Policy & Practice

New Head for FDA Women's Health

Dr. Kathleen Uhl has been named director of the Office of Women's Health at the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Uhl, a family physician and a captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, most recently served as a supervisory medical officer in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Kathleen brings a breadth of professional experience, as well as a strong science background and passion for women's health, to her new position,” said FDA Acting Commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach. Dr. Uhl's experience includes clinical practice, basic science and clinical research, drug application review, drug safety oversight, and women's health issues. She also has dual faculty appointments at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in family medicine and internal medicine.