Dr. Louis Helm

Obituary: Dr. Louis Chauvois.

The recent passing of Louis Chauvois in Paris, will fill many an English heart with sorrow. For he was the cultured French gentleman at his best, and his courteous manner and his beautiful powers of speech were something never to be forgotten. When he and his charming granddaughter attended the tercentenary commemoration in London of the death of William Harvey in 1957, they truly dominated tha...

Demagogues at the helm.

Amazing, mind-boggling, incomprehensible, indefensible. The decision by the Federal Government to abolish the mandatory long-form of the census may be the worst policy decision of the past decade in Canada. The impact of this decision, if it is not reversed, will be felt for many years to come and, if it remains in effect over other census cycles or if it is a harbinger of things to come, could...

At the helm of the NIDDK.

As of April 2007, Griffin P. Rodgers has taken over as director of the NIDDK, but had been the deputy director under Allen Spiegel since 2001 and the chief of Hematology since 1998. The JCI took the opportunity to ask this career investigator in the NIH about his goals and visions for the NIDDK. JCI: You moved quickly from chief of Hematology to deputy director of the NIDDK to director — what d...

Medical Men at the Helm

Neurosurgeon takes health care helm in Quebec.