Exclusive: After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired
https://www.science.org/content/article/after-months-limbo-four-nih-institute-directors-fired?
Four institute directors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and another top agency official who have been in professional limbo since being placed on administrative leave in the spring have now been fired, ScienceInsider has learned.
They are Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), who in a recently filed federal whistleblower complaint says her removal was for political reasons; Diana Bianchi, director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Eliseo Pérez-Stable, who directed the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; Shannon Zenk, director of the National Institute of Nursing Research; and NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Tara Schwetz.
All received letters from NIH or the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), its parent agency, in the past few days informing them that their appointments had expired or were being terminated.
