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Senator, Congressman Visit NIH

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Udall and Arias-Jones get oriented to the Clinical Center by Tabak and Collins.
Udall (third from l) and his assistant Lauren Arias-Jones get oriented to the Clinical Center by NIH principal deputy director Dr. Lawrence Tabak (l) and NIH director Dr. Francis Collins (r).

Photo:  Marleen Van Den Neste

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Khanna meets with Tabak, Rotrosen, Fauci, Wood, and McKelvey.
Khanna (second from r) meets with (from l) Tabak; Dr. Daniel Rotrosen, director of NIAID’s Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation; NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci; Dr. Robert Wood, director of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and Will McKelvey, Khanna’s legislative assistant.

Photo:  Marleen Van Den Neste

On July 30, NIH hosted separate visits by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), both of whom met first with NIH leadership before pursuing personal interests. Udall was principally interested in studies of the human microbiome and visited the NIDDK Liver Diseases Branch in Bldg. 10. Khanna discussed the potential of NIH partnerships with Silicon Valley big-data companies and learned about food allergy research.

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