Brian A. King appointed as new CTP director by FDA

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed Brian A. King as the new director of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP).

After an intensive executive search, I have chosen Dr. Brian A. King to serve as the new director for the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products," wrote Robert Califf on Twitter. "Dr. King brings impressive expertise in tobacco prevention and control, and has over 10 years of experience working at the CDC, making him well-versed in the operations of the FDA.

King is the Deputy Director of Research Translation at the Smoking and Health Office (OSH) of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this role, he is responsible for providing scientific leadership and technical expertise to the federal lead agency CDC/OSH for comprehensive tobacco prevention and control efforts.

In 2010, King joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer. Prior to this, he worked at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, as a research affiliate in cancer prevention and population sciences division. During his time at Roswell Park, his main research focused on tobacco prevention and control.

For the past 15 years, King has been dedicated to providing reliable scientific evidence to inform tobacco control policies, effectively communicating this information to key stakeholders including decision makers, media, and the general public. He has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles on tobacco prevention and control, was the author of the Surgeon General's 50th anniversary report on smoking and health, and was the lead author for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2014 update to the evidence-based national guidelines for comprehensive tobacco control programs. King also served as a senior editor for the 2016 Surgeon General's report on youth and young adult e-cigarette use and the 2020 Surgeon General's report on quitting smoking. He was also a senior official for the CDC's emergency response to the 2019 outbreak of lung injury associated with e-cigarette or vaping product use.

King holds a Doctorate in Epidemiology and a Master's Degree in Public Health from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Source: Tobacco Reporter.