Word: directorate
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Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson has been named to a special advisory committee charged with re-evaluating the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, Radcliffe officials announced yesterday...
...member committee, which met for the first time on Monday, will recommend to the Department of Health and Human Services ways to strengthen the position of NIH director to better meet the scientific challenges of the 1990s, said Patricia Hoban, a senior policy analyst in the department...
...move to strengthen the role of the NIH director comes at a time when the Bush Administration has been criticized for its inability to fill the position. William Danforth, Sullivan's first choice for the post, withdrew his name from consideration after questions from the White House concerning his stance on abortion...
...capable NIH director will need to be able to respond quickly to severe biological and medical problems, such as the AIDS crisis, "without being delayed by too many organizational layers," Wilson said...
Also serving on the 16-member committee are MITPresident Paul E. Gray, former NIH Director DonaldFrederickson, and several other leaders inbusiness, government and academia...