Dr. Collins reviews pediatric drug development and labeling plans to help ensure efficacy and safety of drugs for children. In addition, she supervises residents and medical students in the Adolescent Medicine Clinic at the National Naval Medical Center. Previously, Dr. Collins led staff at HRSA that managed clinical quality assurance/risk management programs for federally supported health centers (e.g., accreditation, clinical risk management, medical malpractice insurance coverage). Prior to that, she worked to improve the collection of health centers' clinical data for quality improvement and administrative purposes, and she provided leadership within HRSA regarding the elimination of health disparities. Dr. Collins also served as a legislative aide for the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues of the U.S. House of Representatives. Dr. Collins received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1995, and completed a residency in primary care pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998. She received her M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health as a CFHU Fellow in 1999. Publications: Gaston MH. Collins FL. "On the Road to Zero Health Disparities," The Diversity Factor Elsie Y. Cross and Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, PA: Volume 9, Number 3. Spring 2001.
Felicia Collins
CDR United States Public Health Service Medical Officer Pediatric and Maternal Health Staff Office of New Drugs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration (FDA), DHHS, Silver Spring, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD
