Ryan Schoenfeld was named chief executive officer of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. Schoenfeld will oversee the foundation’s scientific programs, investments, and operations, and will be responsible for shaping how The Mark Foundation allocates the $500 million in additional funding recently committed by its founder (The Cancer Letter, Feb. 18, 2022).
Two Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have published a “framework” for reforming NIH—consolidating the agency’s 27 institutes and centers into 15—arguing that a fundamental rethinking of NIH’s structure would fix what they describe as a “system rife with stagnant leadership, as well as research duplication, gaps, and misconduct.”
