February 1, 2002

Long-Term Vacancy at the NIH

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Does lack of director reflect Bush's apathy about research, or scientists' disdain for the job?

Two years after Harold E. Varmus stepped down as director of the National Institutes of Health, and one year after President Bush took office, university researchers are becoming increasingly vexed that the president has not filled the agency's top job.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson reportedly has recommended that President Bush nominate Anthony S. Fauci,

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