Dr. David Badman, retired hematology grants program director at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, passed away on Oct. 12 at his home in rural Maryland. He had been in hospice care for a short while due to pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Mary Lou McMaster, senior clinical specialist in the Clinical Genetics Branch (CGB) of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and captain in the Public Health Service, retired in December.

Dr. William H. Theodore, senior investigator and chief of the childhood epilepsy section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, recently began his term as president of the American Epilepsy Society (AES).

A former NIH histology technician, Lawrence Faucette, who had terminal heart disease and received the world’s second genetically modified pig heart transplant, died Oct. 30.

Dr. Ronald Kohanski, director of the National Institute on Aging’s Division of Aging Biology (DAB), has retired after 18 years of service at the institute.

Dr. Tara Schwetz has been appointed as NIH deputy director for program coordination, planning and strategic initiatives and director of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) in the Office of the Director.

Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan gathered with family, colleagues and friends in Natcher Conference Center to celebrate her retirement as NLM director.

Dr. Ming Lei left the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Division for Research Capacity Building in early August to become senior associate vice president for research and graduate education at West Virginia University (WVU) Health Sciences.

Dr. Laura Mamounas, a program director in the Neurogenetics Cluster of the Division of Neuroscience at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), retired from full-time work.

NIH's last glassblower, William “Bill” Dehn, passed away on Aug. 18 at age 86.