After month of delay, the Bush admi...

After month of delay, the Bush administration mov lately to fill some big perforations in the HHS hierarchy. chiefly important for the research community is the nomination of John Hopkins scientist and administrator Elias Zerhouni as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Zerhouni faces the considerable task of managing a mushrooming NIH enterprise that has lacked a permanent leader for couple years and has a number of tonic vacancies to fill.
Zerhouni, Algerian by the agency of birth, is a respected radiologist and scientist and an innovator in promoting cellular engineering and