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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Retired NIH staffer Franklin Marshall Fountain passed away on Feb. 7 at age 89.

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.

NIH’s Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) has named epidemiologist Dr. Stephanie M. George as its new deputy director. She began her new role on Mar. 24.

NIH mourns the passing of Hydeia Broadbent, who died Feb. 20 in Las Vegas, Nev., at age 39.

Scientist emeritus and international multiple sclerosis expert Dr. Henry McFarland, a longtime stalwart researcher at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), died Jan. 11 at age 83.