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Fogle Caters to Communication by Day, Cuisine by Night

When she’s not working with the NIH director’s speeches team, VaLorie Fogle is feeding her passion for cooking as a professional chef. For the past 25 years, Fogle—known in the cooking world as “Yaya the Chef”—nurtured her culinary skills and is now a highly regarded chef based in Elkton, Va.

NCI’s Dawsey Retires After 35 Years

​Dr. Sanford Dawsey, senior investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB) retired in August after more than 35 years of service to the National Cancer Institute.

Medical Research Advocate, Lawmaker Weicker Is Mourned

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., died June 28 at age 92. The former governor of Connecticut who had also served as a U.S. representative and senator was best known in the biomedical research community for championing scientific investigations into understanding HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s.

Diamond Named NINDS Scientific Director

Neuroscientist Dr. Jeffrey S. Diamond was recently named scientific director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). A senior investigator in NINDS’s synaptic physiology section, he has served as the institute’s acting scientific director since August 2022.

The NIH Record

The NIH Record, founded in 1949, is the biweekly newsletter for employees of the National Institutes of Health.

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