Conrad Choiniere, Ph.D., is the Acting Director in the Office of Microbiological Food Safety in the Human Foods Program at the FDA. Choiniere provides executive leadership for a broad portfolio of scientific and regulatory functions including risk and decision analysis, social and behavioral sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics and informatics, education and outreach, and food defense. Choiniere joined FDA in 2003 where his primary focus has been on the impacts of marketing and communications on consumer perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors related to FDA-regulated products. Choiniere has a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.