Kirschstein To Lead NIH On Interim Basis Following Departure Of Varmus
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
National Institute of General Medical Sciences and NIH Deputy Director Ruth Kirschstein, MD, will serve as acting director of the National Institutes of Health following the departure of Harold Varmus, MD, in January. Kirschstein previously served as interim NIH director in 1993, when Bernadine Healy stepped down from the nation's top biomedical research post.