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Pandemic Flu Conference Preps NIH’ers on Continuity of Operations |
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Dr. Pierre Noel outlines NIH panflu readiness plans. |
The Oct. 19 conference on Pandemic Flu Operational Continuity briefed hundreds in Masur Auditorium on NIH’s state of readiness. Led by acting associate director for security and emergency response Dr. Pierre Noel (see NIH Record, Oct. 6) and supported by Colleen Barros, NIH deputy director for management, 10 working group leaders gave status reports
and then fielded questions from the audience.
Dr. David Henderson, the Clinical Center’s deputy director for clinical care, put the effort in context. In flu’s 400-year history, he said, the average time between pandemics has been about 24 years. In 1968—38 years ago—“Asian flu” hit. Thus the urgency. “We’re due,” he said. “So we have to be ready.”
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Barros Appoints Five to Top NIH Posts |
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NIH Deputy Director for Management Colleen
Barros recently named five people to complete
her management team at NIH. They are Dr. Alfred C. Johnson, director of the Office of Research Services; Daniel G. Wheeland, director
of the Office of Research Facilities Development
and Operations; John J. Bartrum, associate
director for budget; Christine M. Major, director of the Office of Human Resources; and Suzanne J. Servis, director of the Office of Management Assessment.
Johnson became ORS director on Oct. 29. ORS has overall responsibility for managing and providing technical and administrative services
to all components of NIH in support of the research mission, including programs for public
safety and security operations, scientific and regulatory support programs and a wide variety of other employee services.
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