Word: nih
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interview yesterday, Wilson attributed Danforth's withdrawal to problems caused by a single individual in the personnel office. She said that both Bush and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu have assured Sullivan that abortion will not be a litmus test issue for the NIH position...
More important criteria, she said, are the "scientific excellence and leadership capability" needed to handle the problems the NIH will face over the next decade...
...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...
...NIH needs a leader with the vision, judgment and flexibility to be able to operate in a time of such incredibly exciting expansion of scientific opportunities," 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...