Ramez N. Eskander was named Clinical Trials Office director for oncology at UC San Diego Health and Moores Cancer Center. Eskander succeeds Sandip Patel.
Richard M. Simon, NCI biostatistician who likely set a record for the number of first-authored papers, and whose interests included country music, horseback riding and ballroom dancing, died May 9, at age 80. Simon joined NCI in 1974.
