Dr. Norman B. Anderson, a trailblazer in the field of behavioral and social sciences research who served as inaugural director of NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) from 1995 to 2000, passed away on Mar. 1 while recovering from unexpected complications after knee surgeries.
NIH’s Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) has named epidemiologist Dr. Stephanie M. George as its new deputy director. She began her new role on Mar. 24.
Scientist emeritus and international multiple sclerosis expert Dr. Henry McFarland, a longtime stalwart researcher at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), died Jan. 11 at age 83.
Dr. Dilys Parry died peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 2, after a long illness. For 30 years, she was a staff clinician and principal investigator in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Dr. Maria Spatz, a retired senior scientist in the Division of Intramural Research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and a pioneer in research on the blood-brain barrier, died Jan. 26 at age 99.
NIH mourns the loss of Akwasi Addae, age 45, who died on Jan. 10 after falling into an air-handling intake shaft while conducting repair work on the exterior of the Clinical Research Center.