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Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, Director of the National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
August 27, 2024

Meet Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz has been fascinated by the brain and how it works from a young age. This curiosity,...

Meet the Director, Neurological disorders
Dr. Gary H. Gibbons is the Director of NHLBI.
March 07, 2024

Meet the Director: Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

For 75 years, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has studied many different diseases and conditions that are distinct...

Meet the Director, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Diseases

Dr. Helene M. Langevin is the Director of NCCIH.
January 09, 2024

Meet the Director: Helene M. Langevin, M.D., National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Helene M. Langevin, M.D., was destined for a career in medicine. Not only did she grow up around doctors,...

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Dr. Debara L. Tucci is the Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
August 24, 2023

Meet the Director: Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., is excited by opportunities to encourage and support research that...

Meet the Director, Hearing Disorders and Deafness

Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., FAAN, is the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research.
August 17, 2023

Meet the Director: Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., FAAN, National Institute of Nursing Research

Nursing is the largest health care workforce in the United States. As Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research ...

Meet the Director, Health Disparities
Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director of NIMHD.
June 22, 2023

Meet the Director: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., served in the medical and research communities for decades before becoming the second Director of...

Meet the Director, Health Disparities

George F. Koob, Ph.D., is the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
June 13, 2023

Meet the Director: George F. Koob, Ph.D., National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Even after decades of research in the field, George F. Koob, Ph.D., is still learning new things about alcohol,...

Meet the Director, Alcohol Use Disorder
Dr. Lindsey A. Criswell, Director of NIAMS
March 07, 2023

Meet the Director: Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc., National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Despite major progress, much is still unknown about the nature of disease. Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H.,...

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NIDDK Director Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers is a prominent researcher in the treatment of sickle cell disease.
February 07, 2023

Meet the Director: Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

How does an expert on blood diseases become the head of a “diabetes institute”? That’s a question Griffin P. Rodgers,...

Meet the Director, Diabetes
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, former Director of NIAID.
January 31, 2023

Meet Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), served the American...

Meet the Director, HIV, Immunization, Infectious Diseases