NCI Mourns Former Communications Staffer Anderson
Linda Frances Anderson, 67, formerly a member of the communications staff at the National Cancer Institute, died on June 11 at her home in Lake Charles, La., following a lengthy illness
Machiela Named Stadtman Investigator
Dr. Mitchell Machiela was recently appointed Earl Stadtman tenure-track investigator in NCI’s Laboratory of Genetic Susceptibility. He studies the role of germline variation and somatic mosaicism in cancer risk.
McLellan Receives First Joint NIDA-NIAAA Lifetime Science Award
NIDA and NIAAA directors Drs. Nora Volkow and George Koob present the first jointly sponsored NIDA-NIAAA Lifetime Science Award to Dr. A. Thomas McLellan at the Joint National Advisory Council for the Collaborative Research on Addiction.
NAS Welcomes Belkaid
NIAID’s Dr. Yasmine Belkaid is among 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Retired Communications Director Shure Is Mourned
Jane E. Shure, 71, longtime NIH employee and founding communications director at the National Institute on Aging, passed away in Lexington, Mass., on Apr. 8 of cancer. She will be remembered by her colleagues and the NIH community as an innovator, visionary and mentor.
Campus Loses Half a Photographic Institution
Here are 10 things you didn’t know—call them snapshots—about Bill Branson, the longtime NIH photographer who retired Apr. 29, but who, along with his brother and fellow photographer Ernie, made “Call the Bransons” as reliable a professional shorthand as “Make a Xerox copy” or “Google it.”
Ly To Co-Direct NIDCD Clinical Trials Program
NIDCD welcomes Dr. Trinh Ly to its Clinical Trials Program, which she will co-direct, along with Dr. Steven Hirschfeld.
Ostell Named NCBI Director
Dr. James Ostell has been named director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a division of the National Library of Medicine.
Hopp, Chen Have New Roles at NCCIH
Dr. Craig Hopp and Dr. Wen Chen of the NCCIH Division of Extramural Research recently assumed new roles within the division.