New Director of AIDS Research

BETHESDA, Md--NIH director Harold Varmus, MD, has named Neal Nathanson, MD, to serve as the new director of NIH’s Office of AIDS Research (OAR). Dr. Nathanson, a leader in viral pathogenesis, comes to the NIH from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, where he was Vice Dean for Research and Research Training. He is an active member of the NIH AIDS Vaccine Research Committee, chaired by Dr. David Baltimore.