A Letter from Dr. Rena D ’Souza, Newly Appointed Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Hello everyone, My name is Dr. Rena D’Souza and I bring warm greetings to each of you from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) community. Today is a special day for me, as my appointment as NIDCR’s new director was just confirmed by Dr. Francis Collins, director of NIH. Accepting this honor and the responsibilities of this position is the greatest privilege of my career and one I have aspired to for a long time. NIDCR is strongly committed to improving the oral health of Americans, and my predecessors in this role have championed this mission with their thoughtful and innovative stewardship. So, as I begin my tenure here, I’d like to express my gratitude to those NIDCR directors who came before me. Your work has inspired me and will, I am sure, guide me going forward. I also speak on behalf of our entire community in thanking Dr. Larry Tabak, principal deputy director at NIH, for his outstanding leadership over the years and his recent stewardship of NIDCR as its acting director. With an annual budget of approximately $477 million, NIDCR’s impact on oral health is profound. But this investment is greatly magnified when you have a team of researchers and professional staff ensuring that every dollar spent catalyzes scientific discovery and increases our understanding of the basic biological mechanisms behind dental, oral...
Source: NIDCR Science News - Category: Dentistry Source Type: news