During her 33 years at NIH, Juli Egebrecht has touched the hearts of thousands of smart people, and quite a few dummies too.

​On July 30, NIH hosted separate visits by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), both of whom met first with NIH leadership before pursuing personal interests.

On Aug. 31, John Pavlides retired as senior structural engineer in the Technical Support Branch of the Office of Research Facilities’ Division of Technical Resources. He had worked at NIH since 1965.

NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz was recently awarded the Gold Medal by the American Academy of Dermatologists (AAD).

​FIC director Dr. Roger Glass received the 2018 Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award for his research and advocacy efforts in global health during Research!America’s annual honors dinner on Mar. 14.

Dr. David S. Goldstein, chief of NINDS’s clinical neurocardiology section, will soon receive the Irwin Schatz Award for Autonomic Disorders from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

The Microscopy Society of America (MSA) has named NIBIB scientific director Dr. Richard Leapman a 2018 Distinguished Scientist.

U.S. Navy Capt. Pius Aiyelawo (ret.) became chief operating officer of the Clinical Center on Apr. 2.

Roger B. Mack, former hospital administrative officer, passed away on Apr. 13 from complications of multiple system atrophy. He was 76 years old.

Dr. Ming Lei recently joined NIGMS as new director of its Division for Research Capacity Building.