New NIH Director named

[chef]

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(For those who care):

Bush just announced Elias Zerhouni as the new director of NIH. Zerhouni is a bigshot at Johns Hopkins. I guess NIH funding to Hopkins will increase dramatically in the next few years. 🙂

Another reason to attend Hopkins Med!

 

[trout]

Funny last time I checked RO1 and the K series funding was done by committees (not by the director), I think Hopkins will get funding based on the excellent research they do, as well as the many other individuals who do excellent research!!!

 

[Diogenes]

And in the same breath Bush also announced a Surgeon General nominee. You'd think that the original poster would have mentioned that too.

 

[Wahoo]

Especially since the new surgeon general (Richard Carmona) is apparently a badass... SWAT team member, Vietnam Vet, trauma surgeon, Harlem-born, high school dropout, etc.