WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s chief scientist will replace retiring Janet Woodcock as principal deputy commissioner of the agency next year, the FDA commissioner announced Wednesday.
Namandjé N. Bumpus was named chief scientist in June of last year. The chief scientist works closely with the FDA’s product centers, and Bumpus played a big role in the expansion of the agency’s regulation of cosmetics.
In her new role, Bumpus’s priorities will include the reorganization of the agency’s Human Foods Program and its new model for the office in charge of inspecting facilities that make drugs and medical devices and process food products, according to a letter from FDA Commissioner Robert Califf to staff that was released on X, formerly known as Twitter.