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Kessler</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg/220px-DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg/330px-DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="563" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Kessler in April 2009</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Head of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed" title="Operation Warp Speed">Operation Warp Speed</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2021 – February 24, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Moncef_Slaoui" title="Moncef Slaoui">Moncef Slaoui</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gustave_F._Perna" title="Gustave F. Perna">Gustave F. Perna</a> (Chief Operating Officer of COVID-19 Response for Vaccine and Therapeutics)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Co-Chair of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Advisory_Board" title="COVID-19 Advisory Board">COVID-19 Advisory Board</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 9, 2020 – January 20, 2021<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Vivek_Murthy" title="Vivek Murthy">Vivek Murthy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marcella_Nunez-Smith" title="Marcella Nunez-Smith">Marcella Nunez-Smith</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">16th <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Food_and_Drugs" title="Commissioner of Food and Drugs">Commissioner of Food and Drugs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 8, 1990 – February 28, 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Young_(physician)" title="Frank E. Young (physician)">Frank Young</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jane_E._Henney" title="Jane E. Henney">Jane E. Henney</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Aaron Kessler</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-05-13</span>) </span>May 13, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">MD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Aaron Kessler</b> (born May 13, 1951) is an American <a href="/wiki/Pediatrician" class="mw-redirect" title="Pediatrician">pediatrician</a>, attorney, author, and administrator (both academic and governmental) serving as Chief Science Officer of the <a href="/wiki/White_House_COVID-19_Response_Team" title="White House COVID-19 Response Team">White House COVID-19 Response Team</a> since 2021. Kessler was the commissioner of the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> (FDA) from November 8, 1990, to February 28, 1997. He co-chaired the Biden-Harris transition’s <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Advisory_Board" title="COVID-19 Advisory Board">COVID-19 Advisory Board</a> from November 2020 to January 2021 and was the head of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed" title="Operation Warp Speed">Operation Warp Speed</a>, the U.S. government program to accelerate the development of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> vaccines and other treatments, from January to February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimeswarpspeed_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimeswarpspeed-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_A._Kessler&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduation from <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> in 1973, Kessler studied medicine at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, obtaining an <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">M.D.</a> degree in 1979. While at Harvard, Kessler obtained a J.D. degree in 1977 from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Law_School" title="University of Chicago Law School">University of Chicago Law School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brunch_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brunch-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While serving his residency in pediatrics at <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_Hospital" title="Johns Hopkins Hospital">Johns Hopkins Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, he worked as a consultant to Republican senator <a href="/wiki/Orrin_Hatch" title="Orrin Hatch">Orrin Hatch</a> from <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, particularly on issues relating to the safety of food additives, and on the regulation of cigarettes and tobacco. From 1984 to 1990, Kessler simultaneously ran a 431-bed teaching hospital in New York City and taught at the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine" title="Albert Einstein College of Medicine">Albert Einstein College of Medicine</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_FDA_commissioner">As FDA commissioner</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_A._Kessler&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As FDA commissioner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although his appointment as FDA commissioner in 1990 by President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> won bipartisan approval, many of Kessler's actions were controversial, and he soon became more popular with Democrats than Republicans. He moved quickly to make the agency more efficient, reducing the time needed to approve or reject new drugs, including <a href="/wiki/AIDS_drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS drugs">AIDS drugs</a>, and more vigilant in protecting consumers against unsafe products and inflated label claims. It was also on his watch that FDA enacted regulations requiring standardized <a href="/wiki/Nutrition_Facts_labels" class="mw-redirect" title="Nutrition Facts labels">Nutrition Facts labels</a> on food. In one memorable action, he had 24,000 gallons of <a href="/wiki/Citrus_Hill" title="Citrus Hill">Citrus Hill</a> <a href="/wiki/Orange_juice" title="Orange juice">orange juice</a> seized because, although made from concentrate, it was labeled "fresh."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kessler was reappointed to the post of FDA Commissioner during the administration of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kessler is also known for his role in the FDA attempt to regulate cigarettes,<sup id="cite_ref-question_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-question-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which resulted in the <i><a href="/wiki/FDA_v._Brown_%26_Williamson_Tobacco_Corp." title="FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.">FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.</a></i> case. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a> ultimately ruled that the FDA did not have the power to enact and enforce the regulations in question.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the Public Health Hero award on April 2, 2008, by the <a href="/wiki/UC_Berkeley_School_of_Public_Health" title="UC Berkeley School of Public Health">UC Berkeley School of Public Health</a> for his work in tobacco regulation. Kessler published a book entitled <i>A Question of Intent</i>, which gave his view of his time at the FDA, focusing on his attempts to change tobacco legislation and the interpretation of that legislation, and his battle with the then-illegal, but still used <a href="/wiki/Y1_(tobacco)" title="Y1 (tobacco)">Y1</a> strain of tobacco.<sup id="cite_ref-question_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-question-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kessler also oversaw the FDA-directed moratorium on <a href="/wiki/Silicone" title="Silicone">silicone</a> <a href="/wiki/Breast_implant" title="Breast implant">breast implant</a> devices in 1992. This moratorium led to a deluge of lawsuits in the following months, many of which were filed prior to the federal judiciary's adoption of the <i><a href="/wiki/Daubert_standard" title="Daubert standard">Daubert standard</a></i> for expert testimony in 1993. These lawsuits ultimately led to perhaps the largest settlement in the history of medical devices, <a href="/wiki/Dow_Corning" title="Dow Corning">Dow Corning</a>'s declaration of bankruptcy, and ongoing payments to individuals for conditions that have nothing to do with silicone. Scientific panels funded by three different government agencies conducted comprehensive assessments and later arrived independently at the same conclusion: that there was no connection between silicone gel implants and systemic disease.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FDA moratorium was lifted in 2006.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_the_FDA">After the FDA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_A._Kessler&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: After the FDA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DavidAaronKesslerGWU.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/DavidAaronKesslerGWU.JPG/220px-DavidAaronKesslerGWU.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/DavidAaronKesslerGWU.JPG/330px-DavidAaronKesslerGWU.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/DavidAaronKesslerGWU.JPG/440px-DavidAaronKesslerGWU.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a><figcaption>Kessler delivers a lecture at <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a> in October 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Kessler left the FDA to join the <a href="/wiki/Yale_School_of_Medicine" title="Yale School of Medicine">Yale School of Medicine</a> as <a href="/wiki/Dean_(education)" title="Dean (education)">dean</a> from 1997 to 2003. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Public_Welfare_Medal" title="Public Welfare Medal">Public Welfare Medal</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Academy of Sciences">National Academy of Sciences</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-PublicWelfare_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicWelfare-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003 he was recruited to a post as dean and <a href="/wiki/Vice-chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-chancellor">vice-chancellor</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco" title="University of California, San Francisco">University of California, San Francisco</a> Medical School.<sup id="cite_ref-brunch_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brunch-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schevitz_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schevitz-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his arrival at UCSF, Kessler uncovered multiple spreadsheets for the same closed fiscal year (a year prior to his recruitment), all showing different revenue and expense numbers, but indicating that the dean's office was in deficit and would continue to be so, in direct contravention of what had been reported to him during his recruitment, evidence of, at best, inadequate financial controls. <a href="/wiki/J._Michael_Bishop" title="J. Michael Bishop">J. Michael Bishop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chancellor" title="Chancellor">Chancellor</a> of UCSF, stated UC audits found no evidence of financial irregularities and, in June 2007, Bishop demanded Kessler's resignation. On December 13, 2007, Kessler was formally dismissed. Bishop then acknowledged that the financial data presented to Kessler during his recruitment might have been misleading. Kessler alleged he was fired for <a href="/wiki/Whistleblowing" title="Whistleblowing">whistleblowing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fire_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fire-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequent to Kessler's firing, after UCSF was pressured by <a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a> to release one of the audits,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was revealed that Kessler had been correct.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His 2009 book entitled <i>The End of Overeating</i> (a <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list"><i>New York Times</i> best seller</a>), highlights for the consumer the amount of fat, salt, and sugar in their food intake. He asserts that this trio of elements in restaurant and processed foods conditions us to eat more, in a manner that changes our brain circuitry, and that children may develop a pattern of overeating and obesity that they might retain for life.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stresses that this outcome of lifelong obesity is not genetic, but environmental and avoidable.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On November 9, 2020, Kessler was announced as one of the three co-chairs of president-elect <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>'s <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Advisory_Board" title="COVID-19 Advisory Board">COVID-19 Advisory Board</a>, alongside former U.S. Surgeon General <a href="/wiki/Vivek_Murthy" title="Vivek Murthy">Vivek Murthy</a> and Yale public health professor <a href="/wiki/Marcella_Nunez-Smith" title="Marcella Nunez-Smith">Marcella Nunez-Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Days later, Kessler was named a candidate for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">United States Secretary of Health and Human Services</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Biden_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Biden Administration">Biden Administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kessler also served as chief medical adviser to the Biden Inaugural Committee, which organized Biden's <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Joe_Biden" title="Inauguration of Joe Biden">2021 presidential inauguration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 15, 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Biden_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Biden administration">Biden administration</a> announced that it had chosen Kessler to lead <a href="/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed" title="Operation Warp Speed">Operation Warp Speed</a>, the program to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> vaccines and other related treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimeswarpspeed_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimeswarpspeed-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_publications">Selected publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_A._Kessler&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kessler, David A., <i>Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth About Food, Weight, and Disease</i> (2020) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780062996978" title="Special:BookSources/9780062996978">9780062996978</a></li> <li>Kessler, David A., <i>Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering</i> (2016) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780062388513" title="Special:BookSources/9780062388513">9780062388513</a></li> <li>Kessler, David A., <i>Your Food Is Fooling You: How Your Brain Is Hijacked by Sugar, Fat, and Salt</i> (2012) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781596438316" title="Special:BookSources/9781596438316">9781596438316</a> (A version of <i>The End of Overeating</i> aimed at teens)</li> <li>Kessler, David A., <i>The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite</i> (2009) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-60529-785-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-60529-785-2">1-60529-785-2</a></li> <li>Kessler, David A., <i>A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry</i> (2001) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-891620-80-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-891620-80-0">1-891620-80-0</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKesslerRoseTempleSchapiro1994" class="citation journal cs1">Kessler, David A.; Rose, Janet L.; Temple, Robert J.; Schapiro, Renie; Griffin, Joseph P. (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJM199411173312007">"Therapeutic-Class Wars -- Drug Promotion in a Competitive Marketplace"</a>. <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>. <b>331</b> (20): 1350–1353. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJM199411173312007">10.1056/NEJM199411173312007</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0028-4793">0028-4793</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7935706">7935706</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+England+Journal+of+Medicine&rft.atitle=Therapeutic-Class+Wars+--+Drug+Promotion+in+a+Competitive+Marketplace&rft.volume=331&rft.issue=20&rft.pages=1350-1353&rft.date=1994&rft.issn=0028-4793&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F7935706&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1056%2FNEJM199411173312007&rft.aulast=Kessler&rft.aufirst=David+A.&rft.au=Rose%2C+Janet+L.&rft.au=Temple%2C+Robert+J.&rft.au=Schapiro%2C+Renie&rft.au=Griffin%2C+Joseph+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1056%252FNEJM199411173312007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+A.+Kessler" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Eisdorfer, Carl, David A. Kessler, and Abby N. Spector, eds. <i>Caring for the Elderly: Reshaping Health Policy</i> (1989) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8018-3810-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8018-3810-1">978-0-8018-3810-1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_A._Kessler&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMucha2020" class="citation news cs1">Mucha, Sarah (November 9, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/biden-coronavirus-advisers-experts-rick-bright/index.html">"Biden transition team announces coronavirus advisers, including whistleblower Rick Bright"</a>. <i>CNN</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Title_21_of_the_Code_of_Federal_Regulations" title="Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations">Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal journal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Register" title="Federal Register">Federal Register (FR)</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Title_21_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 21 of the United States Code">Title 21 of the United States Code (U.S.C.)</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commissioners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Washington_Wiley" title="Harvey Washington Wiley">Harvey W. Wiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_L._Alsberg" title="Carl L. Alsberg">Carl L. Alsberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Albert_Browne_Jr." title="Charles Albert Browne Jr.">Charles A. Browne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_G._Campbell_(chemist)" title="Walter G. Campbell (chemist)">Walter G. Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Dunbar" title="Paul B. Dunbar">Paul B. Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Crawford_(chemist)" title="Charles W. Crawford (chemist)">Charles W. Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_P._Larrick" title="George P. Larrick">George P. Larrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Goddard" title="James L. Goddard">James L. Goddard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_L._Ley_Jr." title="Herbert L. Ley Jr.">Herbert L. Ley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Edwards" title="Charles C. Edwards">Charles C. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_M._Schmidt" title="Alexander M. Schmidt">Alexander M. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Kennedy" title="Donald Kennedy">Donald Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jere_E._Goyan" title="Jere E. Goyan">Jere E. Goyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_H._Hayes_Jr." title="Arthur H. Hayes Jr.">Arthur H. Hayes Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Young_(physician)" title="Frank E. Young (physician)">Frank E. Young</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David A. Kessler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_E._Henney" title="Jane E. Henney">Jane E. Henney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_McClellan" title="Mark McClellan">Mark McClellan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_Crawford" title="Lester Crawford">Lester Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_von_Eschenbach" title="Andrew von Eschenbach">Andrew von Eschenbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hamburg" title="Margaret Hamburg">Margaret Hamburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Califf" title="Robert Califf">Robert Califf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Gottlieb" title="Scott Gottlieb">Scott Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hahn" title="Stephen Hahn">Stephen Hahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Califf" title="Robert Califf">Robert Califf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society and culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration">Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FDA_Most_Wanted_Fugitives" title="FDA Most Wanted Fugitives">FDA Most Wanted Fugitives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="History of the Food and Drug Administration">History of the Food and Drug Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regulation_of_food_and_dietary_supplements_by_the_U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Regulation of food and dietary supplements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration">Regulation of food and dietary supplements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Food_and_Drugs" title="Commissioner of Food and Drugs">Commissioner of Food and Drugs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Recipients_of_the_Orwell_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Orwell_Award_recipients" title="Template:Orwell Award recipients"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Orwell_Award_recipients" title="Template talk:Orwell Award recipients"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Orwell_Award_recipients" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Orwell Award recipients"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Recipients_of_the_Orwell_Award" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Recipients of the <a href="/wiki/Orwell_Award" title="Orwell Award">Orwell Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1975–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Wise_(journalist)" title="David Wise (journalist)">David Wise</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: Hugh Rank</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Pincus" title="Walter Pincus">Walter Pincus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Sissela_Bok" title="Sissela Bok">Sissela Bok</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Erving_Goffman" title="Erving Goffman">Erving Goffman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: Sheila Harty</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Bolinger" title="Dwight Bolinger">Dwight Bolinger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell, and <a href="/wiki/Rory_O%27Connor_(filmmaker)" title="Rory O'Connor (filmmaker)">Rory O'Connor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Haig_Bosmajian" title="Haig Bosmajian">Haig Bosmajian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Koppel" title="Ted Koppel">Ted Koppel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: Torben Vestergaard and Kim Schroder</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Neil_Postman" title="Neil Postman">Neil Postman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Barlett" title="Donald L. Barlett">Donald Barlett</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_B._Steele" title="James B. Steele">James B. Steele</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Edward_S._Herman" title="Edward S. Herman">Edward S. Herman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: Charlotte Baecher, <a href="/wiki/Consumers_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Consumers Union">Consumers Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">David A. Kessler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Barlett" title="Donald L. Barlett">Donald L. Barlett</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_B._Steele" title="James B. Steele">James Steele</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Alterman" title="Eric Alterman">Eric Alterman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Trudeau" title="Garry Trudeau">Garry Trudeau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <i><a href="/wiki/Lies_of_Our_Times" title="Lies of Our Times">Lies of Our Times</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/William_D._Lutz" title="William D. 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Lutz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Himmelfarb" title="Gertrude Himmelfarb">Gertrude Himmelfarb</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Juliet_Schor" title="Juliet Schor">Juliet Schor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Adams" title="Scott Adams">Scott Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Solomon" title="Norman Solomon">Norman Solomon</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Alfie_Kohn" title="Alfie Kohn">Alfie Kohn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Rampton" title="Sheldon Rampton">Sheldon Rampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Stauber" title="John Stauber">John Stauber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Press" title="Bill Press">Bill Press</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Hersh" title="Seymour Hersh">Seymour Hersh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Roy" title="Arundhati Roy">Arundhati Roy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> cast</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Steven_H._Miles" title="Steven H. Miles">Steven H. Miles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Gup" title="Ted Gup">Ted Gup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Savage_(author)" title="Charlie Savage (author)">Charlie Savage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Amy_Goodman" title="Amy Goodman">Amy Goodman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pollan" title="Michael Pollan">Michael Pollan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: F.S. Michaels</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Zuckerman" title="Peter Zuckerman">Peter Zuckerman</a> and Amanda Padoan</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: Paul L. 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