NEI’s Hikosaka Receives Neuroscience Prize
Dr. Okihide Hikosaka is a recipient of the 2018 Gruber Prize in Neuroscience.
NEI’s Datiles Retires
Senior investigator and medical officer Dr. Manuel “Manny” Datiles III of NEI retired in September.
NIDDK Director Honored for Commitment to Health Equity
Dr. Griffin Rodgers received the 2018 Herbert W. Nickens Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Ziegler Retires from NCI
Dr. Regina G. Ziegler retired in October after nearly 40 years of service to the National Cancer Institute.
Tumminia Named NEI Deputy Director
Dr. Santa Tumminia was appointed deputy director of the National Eye Institute on Nov. 12.
Radiation Scientist Doody Retires from NCI
Michele Morin Doody, a staff scientist in NCI’s Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB), retired at the end of December.
NINR Hosts Workshop on Rural Health Disparities
The National Institute of Nursing Research, together with partners from across NIH, recently held a workshop on the “State of Rural Health Disparities: Research Gaps and Recommendations.”
Two from NIH Rehabilitation Medicine Honored
Two physicians from the Clinical Center’s rehabilitation medicine department (RMD) were recognized by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) at its recent annual assembly in Orlando.
Kondratyev Heads CSR Review Group
In his new post, Dr. Alexei Kondratyev will oversee 10 study sections that review NIH grant applications that cover a broad range of neuroscience research.
NCI Scientist Bliskovsky Remembered
Dr. Valery Bliskovsky, a staff scientist in the Genomics Core of NCI’s Center for Cancer Research, died on Nov. 13, in the aftermath of a heart attack suffered while swimming. He was 55 years old.