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Tucci Named Next NIDCD Director

Dr. Debara L. Tucci has been chosen new director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. She is currently professor of surgery and director of the cochlear implant program in the division of head and neck surgery & communication sciences at Duke University.

Former NIAMS Director Katz Remembered

At a memorial service for former NIAMS director Dr. Steve Katz, two past NIH directors and the current director were among those paying tribute to a man who was beloved as mentor, scientist, administrator--and musician.

AGA Honors NINR’s Henderson

Dr. Wendy A. Henderson, chief of the digestive disorders unit in NINR’s Biobehavioral Branch, has been selected to participate in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Future Leaders Program.

NICHD’s Basser Honored

Dr. Peter Basser of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has been named recipient of the 2019 Honorary Member Award of the American Society of Neuroradiology.

NIBIB’s Krosnick Mourned

Dr. Steven H. Krosnick, director of the NIBIB program in image-guided interventions and head of the NIBIB Portfolio Evaluation Office, died on Apr. 1 following a battle with cancer.

Hagan Retires from NIGMS

Dr. Ann Hagan retired on Mar. 31 as NIGMS’s associate director for extramural activities. At NIGMS, Hagan earned the moniker “problem solver in chief” for her remarkable ability to balance rules with common sense.

NHLBI’s Fakunding Mourned

Dr. John Fakunding, 73, former director of the Heart Research Program in the Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases at NHLBI, died Feb. 21 in Beaufort, S.C.

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