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Administration Nominates Two To Fill Top Posts At NIH, NSF - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences

Administration Nominates Two To Fill Top Posts At NIH, NSF - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life... WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last month shaped the course of the two most important agencies for academic science within the federal bureaucracy by identifying its candidates for the directorships of the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Its choices also suggest that presidential science adviser Allan Bromley has gained the upper hand in such personnel decisions over a range of competing interests within the White House. The selection of cardiologist Bernadine Healy, vice president of the research institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, to head NIH is expected to dispel criticism over a 14-month delay in replacing James Wyngaarden, who was forced out after seven years on the job. Healy's name was leaked to the press on September 9, and officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) later confirmed that her name would be sent to the Senate for confirmation once the mandatory background checks have been completed. Two other scientists-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci and Washington University chancellor William Dan- forth-turned down repeated entreaties from the White House to take the job overseeing the biomedical research agency. In contrast, the nomination on September 14 of physicist Walter http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Scientist The Scientist

Administration Nominates Two To Fill Top Posts At NIH, NSF - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences

The Scientist , Volume 4 (19): 6 – Oct 1, 1990

Administration Nominates Two To Fill Top Posts At NIH, NSF - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences

The Scientist , Volume 4 (19): 6 – Oct 1, 1990

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WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last month shaped the course of the two most important agencies for academic science within the federal bureaucracy by identifying its candidates for the directorships of the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Its choices also suggest that presidential science adviser Allan Bromley has gained the upper hand in such personnel decisions over a range of competing interests within the White House. The selection of cardiologist Bernadine Healy, vice president of the research institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, to head NIH is expected to dispel criticism over a 14-month delay in replacing James Wyngaarden, who was forced out after seven years on the job. Healy's name was leaked to the press on September 9, and officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) later confirmed that her name would be sent to the Senate for confirmation once the mandatory background checks have been completed. Two other scientists-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci and Washington University chancellor William Dan- forth-turned down repeated entreaties from the White House to take the job overseeing the biomedical research agency. In contrast, the nomination on September 14 of physicist Walter

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WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last month shaped the course of the two most important agencies for academic science within the federal bureaucracy by identifying its candidates for the directorships of the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Its choices also suggest that presidential science adviser Allan Bromley has gained the upper hand in such personnel decisions over a range of competing interests within the White House. The selection of cardiologist Bernadine Healy, vice president of the research institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, to head NIH is expected to dispel criticism over a 14-month delay in replacing James Wyngaarden, who was forced out after seven years on the job. Healy's name was leaked to the press on September 9, and officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) later confirmed that her name would be sent to the Senate for confirmation once the mandatory background checks have been completed. Two other scientists-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci and Washington University chancellor William Dan- forth-turned down repeated entreaties from the White House to take the job overseeing the biomedical research agency. In contrast, the nomination on September 14 of physicist Walter

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