ShaAvhrée Buckman-Garner, MD, PhD

Dr. ShaAvhrée Buckman-Garner is currently the Director of the Office of Translational Sciences (OTS), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). OTS is comprised of the Office of Biostatistics and the Office of Clinical Pharmacology. OTS provides oversight to CDER research involving human subjects as well as CDER regulatory science research. OTS is responsible for providing coordination for Critical Path initiatives across CDER in partnership with individual CDER offices.

Dr. Buckman-Garner served as Deputy Director for OTS prior to accepting the position as Director. Before joining OTS, Dr. Buckman-Garner served as a medical team leader in the Division of Pediatric Drug Development, Office of Counter Terrorism and Pediatric Drug Development, CDER. Dr. Buckman-Garner received her medical degree and doctorate (with an emphasis on molecular cell biology) from the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Buckman-Garner completed Pediatric specialty training at Baylor College of Medicine.