Gardner Named Permanent Director for FDA's DCRMS

The FDA has named John Gardner director of the Division of Compliance Risk Management and Surveillance (DCRMS), which operates within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research's Office of Compliance.

Gardner has more than 20 years experience as a chronic disease epidemiologist, as well as a lengthy public health administrative and policy background. A Harvard University-trained physician, Gardner is currently a professor of preventive medicine at Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md.

He previously worked as a medical epidemiologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology from 1999 to 2000 and then was preventive medicine department chief at Womack Army Medical Center from 2000 to 2002.

Gardner replaces Kathy Miracco, who served for two years as acting director of DCRMS. Miracco is the permanent deputy director of the division.

DCRMS is responsible for identifying, assessing and prioritizing legal violations based on their public health significance.