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NIH Appoints Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. To Be Director Of The National Human Genome Research Institute

Eric Green
Bethesda, Md., Tues., Nov. 17, 2009 — After an extensive national search, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the appointment of Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., to be director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise NIH. It is the first time an institute director has risen to lead the entire NIH and subsequently picked his own successor. (Read more)


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