2nd former HHS leader joins Mayo Clinic

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Sonja Fulmer, PhD, has been named senior director of health policy at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

She worked at the FDA for the past 11 years, most recently as acting director of the Digital Health Center of Excellence, before leaving the agency in August. She also served as assistant director for digital health policy.

Dr. Fulmer is the second high-ranking HHS official to depart for Mayo Clinic in recent months, joining Micky Tripathi, PhD, the former assistant director for technology policy who now serves as the health system’s chief AI implementation officer.

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