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Speakers

ANDREA FURIA-HELMS
MPH
Director, Patient Affairs
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FDA
 
Andrea Furia-Helms is the Director of Patient Affairs in the Office of Clinical Policy and Programs, Office of the Commissioner. She collaborates with patient communities, the FDA medical product Centers and other Commissioner offices to incorporate patient and caregiver perspectives that will inform the agency’s work. Ms. Furia-Helms spent over ten years in the FDA’s Office of Health and Constituent Affairs where she directed the FDA Patient Representative Program and coordinated patient engagement activities for the agency.
Prior to FDA, Ms. Furia-Helms was Director of the Back to Sleep (now Safe to Sleep) campaign, a public-private partnership to educate communities on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), at the National Institutes of Health. She developed SIDS outreach initiatives for African American, American Indian and Latino communities.
Ms. Furia-Helms has a B.A. in psychology from Framingham State University, a B.S. degree in community health education from University of Maryland, and a Master of Public Health from The George Washington University.