February 6, 2001
Sieving Named NEI Director
A Conversation with
Research Directions Outlined at
Topical Microbicides To Prevent HIV Hard to Develop
NCI Staff Volunteer in Frederick Schools
Training Plan
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'Achieving the Dream' Health Parity Is Theme of 30th Martin Luther King Observance By Carla Garnett
Inspiring words and song characterized NIH's 30th annual
observance of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Featuring a provocative address by keynote speaker Dr. Rodney
Hood, president of the National Medical Association (NMA), and
stirring musical tributes first by the Morgan State
University Choir, then by the NIH Day Care Song and Dance
Troupe the Jan. 12 program, themed "Achieving the
Dream: Health Parity in the 21st Century," was a fitting
commemoration for a national hero.
Ruffin Formally Sworn In as New Center Director By Carla Garnett
Dr. John Ruffin was formally sworn in as director of NIH's new
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities by
then-DHHS Deputy Secretary Kevin Thurm on Jan. 9. The
ceremony was held in NIH acting director Dr. Ruth Kirschstein's
office and was attended by Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL),
former Congressman Louis Stokes, several top NIH staff as well as
Ruffin's wife and two daughters. |