Dr. David Davies, NIDDK scientist emeritus, died Sept. 1 from medical complications following hospitalization. He was 89.

NINR director Dr. Patricia Grady recently welcomed six new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research.

Dr. Antonina Roll-Mecak, chief of NINDS’s cell biology and biophysics unit, was recently named one of 31 finalists for the 2016 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.

Dr. Jean L. Flagg-Newton, a longtime NIH administrator who was instrumental in helping to establish the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, retired in September.

Dr. Francisco Sy, a program director and AIDS coordinator in the Division of Extramural Scientific Programs at NIMHD, retired recently after 12 years of service.

In a June 30 ceremony at the Washington, D.C., residence of French Ambassador Gerard Araud, NIAAA director Dr. George Koob became a knight of the French Legion of Honor.

Claire M. Callahan died on Feb. 11 in Danvers, Mass., after a lengthy illness. Her career was devoted to the service of people, principally as an educator of youth, and in the prevention and treatment of addiction.

Four new members were recently named to the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council.

The National Library of Medicine board of regents welcomed three new members at its recent meeting.

Dr. Jeannie T. Lee, a NIDA grantee, has been named the 2016 winner of the Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences for uncovering the functions of long, noncoding RNA in epigenetic regulation.