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NIH selects Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo as director of the NIAID

Posted on August 02, 2023

Source: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-selects-dr-jeanne-marrazzo-director-national-institute-allergy-infectious-dise

NIH selects Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo as director of the NIAID

"Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., acting director for the National Institutes of Health, has named Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., as director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Marrazzo is currently the director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is expected to begin her role as NIAID Director in the fall. NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases."