FDA Commissioner Califf plans to address healthcare communications at Headliners lunch, Feb. 14

Donna Leinwand Leger

January 28, 2024

FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf plans to speak about the communications link to health outcomes at a Headliners lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

The Food and Drug Administration oversees the safety of more than $2.1 trillion worth of food, tobacco, and medical products produced in the U.S. and abroad, and regulates about 75% of the U.S. food supply.

Califf recently wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that the healthcare community needs to "redouble its efforts to provide plain-language information" on the benefits of vaccines as a growing number of Americans decline jabs.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

The Headliners event begins with a light lunch in the Holeman Lounge at 12:30 p.m. Remarks begin at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. National Press Club members may purchase tickets here for $20. Non-member tickets cost $30.

To submit a question in advance for the speaker, put FDA in the subject line and email it to [email protected]. The deadline for submitting questions in advance is 10 a.m. on the day of the address.

Califf, who assumed office on Feb. 17, 2022, is serving for the second time as FDA commissioner. He served previously from February 2016 to January 2017. Before rejoining the FDA, Califf was a senior advisor at Alphabet, Inc. where he served as head of medical strategy. He joined Alphabet in 2019, after serving as a professor of medicine and vice chancellor for clinical and translational research at Duke University.