Benjamin Apelberg, Ph.D

Deputy Director for Regulatory Science in the Office of Science

FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)

Biography

Benjamin Apelberg, PhD is the Deputy Director for Regulatory Science in the Office of Science at FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). In this role, he oversees scientific divisions responsible for managing the Office’s tobacco regulatory science research program, including the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study and collaboration with CDC on the National Youth Tobacco Survey; serving as expert reviewers and technical project leads (TPLs) for the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) and modified risk tobacco product application (MRTPA) pathways; and providing scientific expertise in the fields of the health sciences, medicine, pharmacology, epidemiology, social science, evaluation, and statistics to support the Center’s tobacco product regulatory efforts.