Dr. Jessica M. Gill has been appointed deputy scientific director of the Division of Intramural Research at the National Institute of Nursing Research.

A portrait of Dr. Harold Varmus was unveiled Apr. 26 in recognition of his service as director of the National Cancer Institute from 2010 to 2015.

Two NICHD scientists have received distinguished honors.

Dr. Margaret Snyder retired Mar. 30 from NIH’s Office of Extramural Research, where she was Freedom of Information Act coordinator, senior advisor to the deputy director, animal research advisory committee member and privacy coordinator.

If someone asked who our employee cheerleader is, the answer would be Pamela Jenkins. She passed away on Feb. 15.

Dr. Martha Linet, senior investigator in NCI’s Radiation Epidemiology Branch, recently received the Career Achievement Award from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Alexander Gorbach, an NIBIB staff scientist and chief of the infrared imaging and thermometry unit, an NIH Biomedical Engineering & Physical Science (BEPS) shared resource, died May 11 after a brief illness. He was 69.

After 38 years in the federal government, including 3 decades at NIH, Barbara McGarey is laying down the law.

For more than two decades, Dr. Jim Battey Jr. has been a pillar of support and leadership for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

Dr. Nicolas Wentzensen, senior investigator and deputy chief, Clinical Genetics Branch, NCI, recently received the Distinguished Scientific Award from the ASCCP.