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.
NINDS Alumnus Hessie Mourned
Bettie Jean Hessie, 78, who retired from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in 1999 after 34 years as a medical writer and consultant, passed away peacefully on Dec. 21, 2016.
NIDA’s Rapaka Receives Service Award
NIDA’s Dr. Rao Rapaka received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists annual meeting and exposition held recently in Denver.
NIGMS Adds Two New Scientific Staff
NIGMS recently hired two new program directors. Dr. Luis Cubano is a program director in the Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity. Dr. Hongwei Gao is a program director in the Center for Research Capacity Building.