Dr. John Bennett Robbins, co-developer of a vaccine that has spared thousands of children from a major cause of death and intellectual disability, died Nov. 27 after a long illness. He was 86 years old.

Dr. Kathryn Harris, a senior outreach and education analyst in NIH’s Office of Science Policy, was recently presented with the Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award by the American Biological Safety Association.

Dr. Jonathan Wiest retired in December after 18 years at NCI. He joined the institute in 2001 as associate director for training and education, Center for Cancer Research, to advance NCI’s cancer training efforts for both intramural and extramural research.

Dr. Marguerite Littleton Kearney, director of NINR’s Division of Extramural Science Programs, has been named the recipient of Augusta University College of Nursing’s Phoebe Kandel Rohrer Distinguished Alumna award.

Dr. Mark H. Greene, senior principal investigator in NCI’s Clinical Genetics Branch, retired after 33 years of distinguished service at the end of 2019.

Dr. Mark Hallett of NINDS was awarded an honorary degree from the medical faculty of the University of Hamburg in Germany during the Hamburg Neuroscience Symposium.

Dr. Stephanie L. Constant is new chief of the Office of Scientific Review, NIGMS. Constant joins NIGMS from NHLBI, where she served as a scientific review officer.

Karen Chandler’s first step toward her 30-year career at NIGMS came on her last day of a family vacation. She decided to take the civil service test at NIH...Within a month of the exam, she was seated in the NIGMS Budget Office.

Dr. Alfred Johnson has been named NIH deputy director for management. He had been serving as acting DDM since May 2016.

Dr. Mushtaq Khan lives by the creed “Live to Give.” It guided him through 38 years of federal service, including 27 at NIH supporting the review process with a focus on digestive disease research.