Highlights and Announcements

Today, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) announced the selection of neuroscientist Jeffrey S. Diamond, Ph.D., as Scientific Director.

Dr. Michael Oshinsky, Director of the NINDS Office of Preclinical Pain Research, is the featured guest on the July 27 episode of the Spotlight on Migraine podcast, “Understanding and Managing Migraine in Kids and Teens.”

NINDS is mourning the death of Dr. Ralph Sacco, renowned stroke neurologist who enriched NINDS as a grantee, mentor, and member of the NINDS Advisory Council. Dr. Sacco passed away on January 17, 2023, due to a brain tumor. He was 65.

Today NIH Acting Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak announced the selection of Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D., as the new NIH Acting Deputy Director for Intramural Research (DDIR). She will replace Michael M. Gottesman, M.D., who served as NIH DDIR for the past 29 years.

NINDS is mourning the loss of Dr. Ann-Marie Broome, a program director in the Division of Translational Research. During her time at NINDS, Ann-Marie played a key role in creating two large and innovative initiatives: the Blueprint Biologics Program and the URGenT Network.

Effective April 13, 2021, Andrew B. Singleton, Ph.D., is the director of a new NIH intramural laboratory, the Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (CARD).

The Brain Prize has been awarded to Michael A. Moskowitz, M.D., a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, who also is supported by an NIH grant.

NIH has announced the selection of Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), as deputy director of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has named Amy Bany Adams, Ph.D., as Deputy Director for Scientific Management and Operations (DDSMO).