Four members of the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases were presented with the John W. Walsh Award at the COPD10USA conference in Chicago recently.

Dr. Asher A. Hyatt, whose name was often considered to be synonymous with peer review, died on Aug. 27 at the age of 87.

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

Dr. Frederick Ognibene, Clinical Center deputy director for education and strategic partnerships and director, Office of Clinical Research Training and Medical Education (OCRTME), retired Sept. 29 after 35 years of service.

Dr. Jag Khalsa, chief of the Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse and Co-occurring Infections Branch in the Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences, has retired after 30 years at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Dr. Helen Sunshine, who recently retired as chief of NIGMS’s Office of Scientific Review (OSR), recently said farewell to her 38-year career at NIH.

Dr. Nara Gavini recently joined the National Institute of Nursing Research’s Division of Extramural Science Programs as chief of the Office of Extramural Programs.

Three new members were recently named to the NIH advisory committee on research on women’s health.

The Societa Oftalmologica Italiana (SOI) recently recognized National Eye Institute director Dr. Paul Sieving with the SOI Honorary Award in Ophthalmology.

Dr. Laurence P. Clarke, chief of the Image Technology Development Branch in NCI’s Cancer Imaging Program, died Apr. 16 in Florida from acute myeloid leukemia. He was a leader in medical imaging technology and championed bringing quantitative imaging into clinical trials.