NIH
Executive Summary
HHS has decided not to move forward with confirming a permanent National Institutes of Health director this year because there is too little time remaining in the current Congressional session. National Institutes for Neurological Disorders & Stroke Director Gerald Fischback, MD, had been selected by the Administration as a potential nominee for the position. Ruth Kirschstein, MD, has been acting director since the departure of Harold Varmus, MD, at the end of 1999