Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, who retired as director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering last fall, was honored at a farewell ceremony Mar. 1 at Stone House.
Dr. T. Michael Redmond, chief of the NEI Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, was honored with the 2018 António Champalimaud Vision Award on Sept. 4 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dr. Elliot Vesell, who served as a clinical associate at what was then the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases from 1963 to 1965, and who was head of the section on pharmacogenetics at the National Heart Institute from 1965 to 1968, died on July 23.
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.