The council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently announced election of 564 members as 2021 AAAS fellows. Six NIH’ers are among the honorees.

Roni Falk, staff scientist in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB), retired from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics in December, after 38 years of distinguished service to the National Cancer Institute.

OBSSR deputy director Dr. Christine M. Hunter began serving as acting NIH associate director for behavioral and social sciences research and director of the Office of BSSR, following the retirement of Dr. Bill Riley in December.

Tonia Awoniyi joined NIH as the new director of the Ethics Office.

NINDS mourns the loss of Dr. Ann-Marie Broome, a program director in its Division of Translational Research (DTR), who died Nov. 26 from pneumonia due to Covid-19.

Dr. James E. Hamner III died June 6 at age 88. An internationally renowned pathologist and author of numerous scientific books and articles, he enjoyed a distinguished career with the National Institute of Dental Research (now NIDCR) and NCI over many years, with a particular focus on oral cancer research.

Dr. George J. Galasso, a leader in antiviral research whose efforts led to the successful treatment of many viral infectious diseases and cancer, died Nov. 5.

Dr. Michael Sayre, director of NIMHD’s Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences (IBBS), retired from federal service in September after 22 years at NIH.

Dr. Edward Roccella, formerly a leading public health expert in hypertension and cardiovascular disease at NHLBI, died on Nov. 18 at age 77.

Dr. Cathleen Cooper retired in September after more than 20 years at the Center for Scientific Review.