First Lady Biden, Australia’s Haydon Visit Clinical Center

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Shown at NIH (from l), First Lady Dr. Jill Biden; Jodie Haydon, partner of the Prime Minister of Australia; and Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) participate Oct. 25 in a briefing in an NCI Pediatric Oncology Branch (POB) laboratory with Dr. Nirali Shah, head of POB’s hematological malignancies section; Dr. Naomi Taylor, POB senior investigator; and Dr. Victoria Giordani, a clinical fellow in the Johns Hopkins-NIH Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program.

Photo:  Chia-Chi Charlie Chang

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Jodie Haydon, partner of the Prime Minister of Australia, came to NIH Oct. 25 on an official visit to meet with Acting NIH Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak, Clinical Center CEO Dr. James Gilman and Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Cancer Institute and President Joe Biden’s nominee for NIH director. 

While at NIH, the First Lady and Haydon toured NCI’s Pediatric Oncology Branch (POB), received briefings from several investigators and discussed collaborations with researchers based in the U.S. and Australia.