BORIS LUSHNIAK was named dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Lushniak will officially assume his new role on Jan. 9, 2017. Lushniak is a professor and chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, and professor of dermatology, at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at Uniformed Services University...
With little fanfare, Anthony Letai, a highly respected physician-scientist, was sworn in as the 18th director of the National Cancer Institute on Sept. 29. Then, two days later, on Oct. 1, the government shut down.
