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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins has appointed Dr. Richard P. Woychik as Director of NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) located at the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. NIEHS conducts and supports environmental health sciences research to address real-world public health needs. Dr. Woychik had been serving as the Acting Director of NIEHS since October 2019. Dr. Woychik earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology from Case Western Reserve University and has extensive expertise in mammalian genetics and environmental epigenetics. The Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is seeking experts to study the United States' contributions to global ocean plastic waste. The committee will examine, evaluate, and assess various aspects of plastic waste and provide recommendations on means to reduce waste. The study will result in a published consensus report to be completed in the Fall of 2021. Expertise in the following categories is needed: waste management, resource economics, marine policy, environmental policy, marine conservations, physical oceanography, ocean observing, coastal management, and plastics recycling. Nominations will be accepted until July 17, 2020 at https://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=f500949b28&e=cfc3938e72 Through its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative, t...
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