President Trump Selects Heidi Overton to Lead FDA Amid Staff Departures and Political Scrutiny
President Trump has chosen White House policy aide Heidi Overton to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a source familiar with the matter. This selection comes months after the previous chief, Marty Makary, resigned. If confirmed by the Senate, Overton will take charge of an agency that has experienced the departure of over 3,000 staff members, including division heads, in the past year. The FDA is currently facing pressure to restore confidence among industry and public health groups due to concerns that the regulator has become overly politicized. Overton, a doctor by training, currently serves as the deputy director of the White House domestic policy council and previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank. She received her medical degree from the University of New Mexico, trained in general surgery at Johns Hopkins, and pursued clinical-investigation research training at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public... 
