Retired Rubella Researcher Parkman Is Mourned
Dr. Paul Douglas Parkman, an award-winning virologist whose research led to significant advances against rubella, died on May 7 at age 91.
NIDDK Remembers Research Pioneer Felsenfeld
NIH Distinguished Investigator Dr. Gary Felsenfeld Felsenfeld died on May 1 at age 94.
NIH’ers Win HHS Departmental Awards
Three National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers are among winners of the 2024 HHS Departmental Awards, the highest awards issued by the department. They were honored May 7 in the Great Hall of the Humphrey Bldg.
Six NIHer’s Among Newly Elected AAAS Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) elected 502 scientists, engineers and innovators from around the world and across all disciplines to its 2023 class of fellows. Six NIHer’s are among the electees.
NIH Scientist Emeritus Korn Remembered
Dr. Edward Korn, an NIH scientist emeritus since 2016 who retired in May 2023 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), died on Mar. 31.
Gordon To Step Down as NIMH Director
In July 2016, the NIH director announced the selection of Dr. Joshua Gordon as the next NIMH director. Eight years later, after shepherding NIMH to its 75th year, Dr. Joshua Gordon announced he would step down on June 14.
NINDS’s Nath Receives Humanism in Neurology Award
Dr. Avindra Nath, clinical director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), recently received the 2024 Ted M. Burns Humanism in Neurology Award from the American Brain Foundation.
Fountain, Former EEO Officer at NIAID, Is Mourned
Retired NIH staffer Franklin Marshall Fountain passed away on Feb. 7 at age 89.
First OBSSR Director Anderson Remembered
Dr. Norman B. Anderson, a trailblazer in the field of behavioral and social sciences research who served as inaugural director of NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) from 1995 to 2000, passed away on Mar. 1 while recovering from unexpected complications after knee surgeries.