OAR Deputy Holtz Honored
Dr. Timothy H. Holtz, deputy director of the NIH Office of AIDS Research, has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
“NIDA Notes” Editor Anderson Retires After 20 Years
NIDA Notes Editor David Anderson has retired after 20 years at the helm of NIDA’s signature science publication.
Shonat Named CSR Division Director
Dr. Ross Shonat has been named director of the Center for Scientific Review’s Division of Physiological and Pathological Sciences.
NIH Landscape Architect Mueller Retires After Nearly 37 Years
After more than 3½ decades, NIH Landscape Architect Lynn Mueller retired Dec. 31, 2 months shy of 37 years of service here.
CSR Mourns Makrides
Dr. Savvas Makrides, a scientific review officer at the Center for Scientific Review, died peacefully at his cousin’s home in Newton, Mass., on Mar. 2.
NIDA’s Newman Honored with Lectureship
NIDA's Dr. Amy Newman has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the seventh Philip S. Portoghese Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship.
CSR’s McDonald Retires After 30 Years
It may seem that Dr. Daniel McDonald followed a linear path from graduate work to Johns Hopkins to serving in the Center for Scientific Review as a scientific review officer, a position from which he retired in July after 30 years.
Linet Retires After 33 Years at NCI
Dr. Martha Linet, senior investigator and former chief of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), retired in January after 33 years of service.
Former Medical Officer Cooney Mourned
Dr. David A. Cooney, a retired public health officer who had a 34-year career at NIH (1964-1998), died Oct. 8, 2016, from prostate cancer. He was 78 and lived in Bethesda.