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Cheryl Anne Boyce Ph.D.
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Associate Commissioner for Minority Health - Office of Minority Health and Health Equity

Cheryl Anne Boyce, Ph.D.
Cheryl Anne Boyce Ph.D.

Dr. Cheryl Anne Boyce is the Associate Commissioner for Minority Health and Director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) in the Office of the Commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration which supports innovative research that will strengthen and advance health for all and support the regulatory decision-making process. In this role, Dr. Boyce provides leadership, oversight, and direction on matters for the agency and leads collaborative strategic initiatives to ensure that all people have opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives.

Dr. Boyce came to the FDA from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she served as the Assistant Director for Re-engineering the Research Enterprise in the Office of Strategic Coordination, The Common Fund, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives. There, she was involved with and helped lead multiple transformative, translational, synergistic NIH programs for reengineering clinical research.

Dr. Boyce received her doctorate and master’s degrees in clinical psychology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s, cum laude in psychology, with University Honors in the Social Sciences from The Catholic University of America.

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