WHOO!!
Harold Varmus is gonna be the next head of the National Cancer Institute (probably, still a non-confirmed nerd rumor)!
*excited peter griffin giggle*
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Varmus head of National Cancer Institute!
Category: General Science
Posted on: March 19, 2010 1:07 PM, by ERV
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cool!
I guess it makes sense - where does he go after heading MSKCC? NCI makes sense to me =)
Posted by: Jason | March 19, 2010 1:48 PM
He was an English major! I did not expect that. Score one for my team.
Posted by: Jeeves | March 19, 2010 5:43 PM
Oh, rock on! I love that little dude!
Posted by: Optimus Primate | March 19, 2010 6:27 PM
I don't buy it. Why would someone who was the director of NIH ever wanna be the head of an IC? It'd be like a former POTUS becoming a state governor.
Posted by: Comrade PhysioProf | March 19, 2010 9:41 PM
Not quite because the NCI director is a presidential appointee, so at least in an organizational chart sense is equal to the NIH director, not under him. The practical reality is more complicated, but it is still true that the NCI director is considerably more indendendent than other IC directors.
Posted by: DrZZ | March 20, 2010 7:41 AM
from the Secretary, HHS
Posted by: DrZZ | May 18, 2010 5:23 AM