Dr. Gerhard Ehrenspeck, 81, retired scientific review officer, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), passed away on Jan. 3 from complications of cancer treatment.

Dr. Joseph M. Betz retired on Dec. 31, after serving as the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) acting director for 4½ years.

NIH Chief Information Officer Andrea Norris, who also served as director of the Center for Information Technology (CIT), retired on Dec. 31.

Dr. Jeffrey Smith, chief of the cellular and systems neurobiology section (CSNS) in the Basic Neuroscience Program at NINDS, retired on Dec. 31, after 28 years of service to NIH—all with NINDS.

Dr. Hugh Auchincloss has agreed to serve as acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

NIH mourns the passing of Bruce Hatch Lee, a Maryland real estate developer who became a patient advocate for rare kidney cancer. Lee died after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Sudhir Srivastava received the 2022 Don Listwin Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Early Detection. Srivastava is senior scientific officer and chief of the Cancer Biomarkers Research Branch in the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Dr. Mark Hallett, chief of the Medical Neurology Branch (MNB) at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), retired after 40 years of federal service, 38 with NINDS.

Alex Salah, a much sought-after electrician across the Washington, D.C. area, and a longtime asset at NIH, recently retired after 42 years of federal service.

Harriet Greenwald, 87, a longtime contributor to efforts to preserve and document NIH history, died Nov. 9 in New London, Conn., where she had relocated in 2016.