John I. Gallin, MD, longtime director of the National Institutes of Health's research hospital, Bethesda, Md.-based Clinical Center, will take over a new NIH position, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Here are five things to know about Dr. Gallin.
1. In his new role, Dr. Gallin will serve as NIH associate director for clinical research, as well as the hospital's chief scientific officer.
2. The article states he will also oversee the scientific review of all clinical studies conducted on the NIH Clinical Center campus and head a program that trains about 8,000 clinical researchers worldwide.
3. Dr. Gallin was appointed director of the NIH Clinical Center in 1994.
4. In his new job, Dr. Gallin will share responsibility for hospital management with a yet-to-be-named CEO, according to the article. He will act as director of the clinical center until a CEO is picked. of a possible contamination.
5. His job shift follows NIH's May announcement that it would restructure hospital leadership because the focus on research had overtaken the importance of patient safety on the campus. The NIH is no stranger to patient safety issues, and a task force was appointed last year after NIH Clinical Center had to suspend operations at a specialized pharmacy because
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