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John E. Niederhuber
to Be Officially Sworn In as 13th Director of the National
Cancer Institute
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| What: |
John E. Niederhuber, M.D., will be sworn
in as the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
on Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at 11 a.m. EDT. Niederhuber
will be the 13th Director of the NCI in its nearly 70 year
history.
To view a Webcast of the swearing-in, either live or via
archive, go to http://videocast.nih.gov/. |
| Who: |
The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt: Secretary,
Dept. of Health and Human Services. Remarks and administration
of the oath
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.: Director, National
Institutes of Health. Welcome
John E. Niederhuber, M.D.: NCI’s 13th Director.
Remarks
Phillip Sharp, M.D.: MIT Center for Cancer
Research. An extramural perspective on cancer research |
| When: |
11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. EDT,
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Please arrive at 10:45 a.m. for registration. A reception
will take place
immediately following the ceremony in the Visitor's Information
Center (Lower Level) of Building 10. |
| Where: |
Building 10, Masur Auditorium, National
Institutes of Health campus
For directions, maps and security information, please go
to:
http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm |
| How: |
Due to security, reporters
must register by October 17, 2006 for the swearing-in and
bring a picture I.D. to the event. Please contact the NCI
Media Relations Branch at (301) 496-6641 or at ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov. |
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For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI Web site at
http://www.cancer.gov or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER
(1-800-422-6237).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's Medical
Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and
is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic,
clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the
causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For
more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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