According to people familiar with the matter, US President Donald Trump selected White House policy adviser Heidi Overton as the director of the US Food and Drug Administration. Previously, the agency experienced a turbulent year. Many senior executives left their posts in a high-profile manner, and at the same time received many complaints from the industry. Overton serves as Deputy Assistant to the President of the White House for Domestic Policy and is responsible for health-related matters. She worked at the American Priority Policy Research Institute, a think tank. Overton has a medical doctorate degree, a doctorate degree in clinical investigation from Johns Hopkins University, and served as a White House scholar during Trump's first administration.

According to people familiar with the matter, US President Donald Trump selected White House policy adviser Heidi Overton as the director of the US Food and Drug Administration. Previously, the agency experienced a turbulent year. Many senior executives left their posts in a high-profile manner, and at the same time received many complaints from the industry. Overton serves as Deputy Assistant to the President of the White House for Domestic Policy and is responsible for health-related matters. She worked at the American Priority Policy Research Institute, a think tank. Overton has a medical doctorate degree, a doctorate degree in clinical investigation from Johns Hopkins University, and served as a White House scholar during Trump's first administration.