National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of Richard Nakamura, Ph.D., as the new director for the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR). Dr. Nakamura has been serving as the acting director since September 2011.

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  9. Darryl C. Zeldin named National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences scientific director The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is pleased to announce that physician-scientist Darryl C. Zeldin, M.D., will become the Institute’s new scientific director. Effective Oct. 23, Zeldin will lead and manage a $114 million biomedical research program focused on discovering how the environment […]...
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