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January 8, 2002
NINR Celebrates
NIH Salutes Martin
Von Eschenbach NIGMS Honored for Workforce Development
Poodry Discovers a Volunteer Work Pays Off for NIMH Diversity Chief Aloha State Warmly Receives NIH Group
NIH Management Intern
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By Rich McManus
Two years into her acting directorship of NIH, Dr. Ruth Kirschstein
had an exemplary Results Act report card to share with the advisory
committee to the director (ACD), and progress to report on making
human embryonic stem cells available for research. But she also had
sobering news to impart on NIH's need to beef up security, and
heard calls for more resources from both a panel representing the
extramural community, which wants more money for construction,
and from a presidential panel on information technology, which
urged NIH and HHS to take full advantage of wireless and other
computing technologies to propel biomedicine to world leadership in
IT.
'New Age of Knowledge' Dawning By Rich McManus
Dr. Rita Colwell, 11th director of the National Science Foundation,
launched her James A. Shannon Lecture on Nov. 27 by reminding
the audience in Masur Auditorium that former NIH director
Shannon (1955-1968) was a major advisor to the government during
World War II on the topic of tropical medicine — he was
decorated after the war for leading efforts to combat malaria among
troops in Asia and the Pacific — and emphasizing that
post-Sept. 11 America is in equally perilous times demanding
Shannon-esque scientific leadership that will both protect citizens
and prevent the tools of terror from reaching U.S. targets.
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