In July 2016, the NIH director announced the selection of Dr. Joshua Gordon as the next NIMH director. Eight years later, after shepherding NIMH to its 75th year, Dr. Joshua Gordon announced he would step down on June 14.

Dr. Avindra Nath, clinical director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), recently received the 2024 Ted M. Burns Humanism in Neurology Award from the American Brain Foundation.

Retired NIH staffer Franklin Marshall Fountain passed away on Feb. 7 at age 89.

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.

NIH mourns the passing of Hydeia Broadbent, who died Feb. 20 in Las Vegas, Nev., at age 39.

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. Claire Mintzner Fagin, a trailblazer in the field of nursing and nursing research and a former NIH staffer, passed away on Jan. 16 at age 97.

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.