{"id":42259,"date":"2015-08-13T10:30:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T14:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=42259"},"modified":"2015-08-13T14:08:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T18:08:18","slug":"comisionado-de-la-fda-le-otorga-a-la-dra-jane-l-delgado-la-mencion-especial-harvey-wiley-del-comisionado-de-la-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/comisionado-de-la-fda-le-otorga-a-la-dra-jane-l-delgado-la-mencion-especial-harvey-wiley-del-comisionado-de-la-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Commissioner Awards Dr. Jane L. Delgado the Harvey Wiley FDA Commissioner&#8217;s Special Citation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b><br \/>\nFDA Commissioner Awards Dr. Jane L. Delgado the Harvey Wiley FDA Commissioner&#8217;s Special Citation<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p><p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><i>Award presented at gathering of Alliance Merck Ciencia (Science) Scholars <\/i><i>recognized by Commissioner as &#8220;the next generation of science&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2015 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Yesterday, Dr. Stephen Ostroff, the Food and Drug Administration&#8217;s (FDA&#8217;s) Acting Commissioner awarded Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS, the Harvey Wiley FDA Commissioner&#8217;s Special Citation.  The FDA Commissioner&#8217;s Special Citation medal is the highest award the agency bestows on citizens or organizations who promote public health. The award features a medallion with the likeness of Dr. Harvey Wiley, considered the &#8220;father of the FDA.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150812\/258106\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150812\/258106<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In making the award, Commissioner Ostroff recognized Dr. Delgado&#8217;s leadership as President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance).  He cited the Alliance&#8217;s regulatory advocacy, consumer and community leadership engagement, and efforts to foster new science most recently in genomics.  He also recognized the work of the Alliance\/Merck <i>Ciencia<\/i> Scholars program and thanked the Alliance along with the Healthy Americas Foundation and the Merck Company Foundation for their support of the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The award presentation was made at a gathering of the Alliance\/Merck <i>Ciencia<\/i> Scholars (www.alliancescholars.org), a program that supports promising high school seniors with scholarships, mentorships, and internships throughout their college years.  The program has achieved graduation rates of Scholars with a degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field at a rate five times greater than the national average.  The Scholars were at the FDA as part of a week-long program exploring the frontiers of science and career options.  In his remarks, Commissioner Ostroff commented that the students &#8220;represent the next generation of science and the next FDA Commissioner may very well be sitting in this room today.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><b>About the National Alliance for Hispanic Health  (The Alliance) <br \/><\/b>The Alliance is the nation&#8217;s foremost science-based source of information and trusted advocate for the health of Hispanics in the United States. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hispanichealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.hispanichealth.org<\/a> or call the Alliance&#8217;s Su Familia National Hispanic Family Health Helpline at 1-866-783-2645.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE TO EDITORS: <\/b>A high-resolution image is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/multimedia\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/multimedia\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divMediaContact\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End release --><\/div>\n<p>\n  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FDA Commissioner Awards Dr. Jane L. 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