Dr. Nadarajen Vydelingum, fondly known as Nada, passed away on Aug. 28. He was a cell biologist, educator, researcher and health administrator. He had retired from the National Cancer Institute 3 years ago.

Dr. Catherine Schairer, senior staff scientist in NCI’s Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB), retired from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics in September after 37 years of service. She is best known for her work on female breast cancer.

Dr. Gabriel Fosu has been named the new associate director for diversity and workforce development at the Center for Scientific Review.

Gahan Breithaupt, 64, a longtime leader at NIH, passed away on Aug. 31 from complications related to lymphoma.

NINR acting director and scientific director Dr. Ann Cashion retired from federal service on Sept. 30.

Belia “Bel” Ceja, 94, a special assistant to three NIH directors, died July 4 at a hospital in Washington, D.C. Ceja retired in September 1985 after more than 29 years of federal service.

Bonnie Ellis has been selected as the new executive officer of the Center for Scientific Review. Since July 2018, she has served on detail as acting executive officer at CSR.

NIH’s Public Health Service Commissioned Corps held its annual promotion ceremony in Masur Auditorium recently.

Dr. Diana Bianchi, NICHD director, accepts the 2019 Pioneer Award from the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis.

NICHD mourns the sudden loss of Dr. Philip Gurnev, who had been a staff scientist in the NICHD section on molecular transport since 2015.