Deputy director of NIMHD Dr. Monica Webb Hooper was recently recognized for her leadership and influence across biomedical and behavioral research.

NIDA representative Josie Anderson, on behalf of the institute, accepted a National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) Gold Screen Award at the Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Awards in Portland, Ore. on April 19th.

Dr. Sudhir Srivastava of NCI has been named 2023 recipient of the Ruth C. Brufsky Award for Excellence in Clinical Research in Pancreatic Cancer.

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).

Retired clinical psychologist Dr. Henri Alice Lowery died Apr. 17 at age 86, following a protracted illness.

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.

Former NIH intramural investigator Dr. Ronald Dubner died on Jan. 22 in Rockville, Md. He was 88 years old.

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.