Denise Hinton

Denise Hinton
Denise Hinton
	Hinton in 2021
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Air Force; PHS Commissioned Corps
Years of service	1990s (Air Force); 2002–present (Public Health Service)
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands	Deputy Surgeon General of the United States
Alma mater	Florida State University (BSN); Boston University (MS)

Denise Hinton is an American nurse serving as the deputy surgeon general of the United States. She is a rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Hinton was the chief scientist of the Food and Drug Administration from 2017 to 2021.

Life

Hinton was raised in a military family.^[1] She earned her B.S. in nursing from Florida State University and a M.S. from Boston University.^[2] She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.^[2]

Hinton joined the United States Air Force Nurse Corps in the 1990s as a nurse officer.^[1] She served in the U.S. Air Force as a nurse officer.^[2] Hinton joined the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, working at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002 in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) division of cardiovascular and renal products and, later, served in the center's former division of training and development.^[2] Hinton held various leadership positions within the FDA, including deputy director of the CDER Office of Medical Policy (OMP).^[2] She concurrently served as the acting OMP Director from 2014 to 2016.^[2] From July 2017 to October 2021, Hinton served as the chief scientist of the FDA. She is the deputy surgeon general of the United States.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "An Interview With Rear Admiral Denise Hinton, FDA Chief Scientist". THE FEM WORD. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Deputy Surgeon General". Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. Retrieved 2024-02-29. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.