Irish geneticist takes over the helm at EMBO

Victor Dzau: cardiovascular physician scientist takes helm at IOM.

Neurosurgeon takes health care helm in Quebec.

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...

Andrew Ewald takes the helm of first JCS Guest Editorship.

As a graduate student I remember getting the letter – yes, it was many years ago – from the Editor handling my first manuscript. At the time I had little thought for the Editor’s role in the process of trying to publish my first paper and was merely pleased that the reviewers were positive and had not asked for much more (as I said, it was a while ago). Now, sitting on the other side of the fen...

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...