NIH ODS And NCCAM Name New Directors
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements and National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine have appointed new directors. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases Office of Nutrition Research Coordination Deputy Director Paul Coates, PhD, will head ODS beginning Oct. 25. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Laboratory of Clinical Investigation Chief Stephen Straus, MD, took the NCCAM helm Oct. 6.
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