NIDCD Director Dr. Debara Tucci has received the highest honor in the fields of otology and neurotology: the Award of Merit from the American Otological Society (AOS).
After 34 years at NIH, Dr. Nancy Potischman retired on Apr. 30. Since 2016, Potischman, a nutritional epidemiologist, directed the Population Studies Program at the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS).
Dr. Barry Kaplan, a neuroscientist and intramural principal investigator at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), died Apr. 15. He had progressive supranuclear palsy.
Dr. Elliott Schiffman, an NIH intramural biochemist who made major discoveries in cancer immunotherapy, died at his home in Chevy Chase, Md., on Dec. 31. He was 95.
Leadership at the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) has changed hands: Dr. Maureen M. Goodenow moved from her positions as NIH associate director for AIDS research and OAR director to a new role as senior advisor in the NIH Office of the Director.
Dr. Edmund Tramont, associate director for special projects in NIAID’s Division of Clinical Research, died Mar. 5, after a brief illness. He was 83 years old.
Dr. Abner Notkins, a renowned expert on viral immunology and one of the architects of the modern NIH Intramural Research Program, died of complications from Covid-19 on Mar. 10 at age 90.