The Helm Wind

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...

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...

Medical Men at the Helm

Francis Collins: manning the helm with optimism.

F Sellers Collins, who was sworn in as the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Monday August 17, 2009, is well acquainted with big projects, big budgets, and big politics. He had previously served as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) from 1993 to 2008, during which he oversaw the US publically financed arm of the Human Genome Project.1–4 Co...

EMRs for specialists: physicians take the helm.

E822 CMAJ, December 10, 2013, 185(18) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors The invitation extended to Dr. Vandana Ahluwalia to purchase an electronic medical records system for her Brampton, Ontario, rheumatology practice was both welcome and challenging. On the one hand, the offer came with a tantalizing cash incentive — up to $28 000 in free money from the Ontario and federal ...