NIAID appoints new acting director after weeks-long questions over leadership

Doctor Appointed to Lead NIH’s Infectious Disease Institute

There’s a new head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) confirmed on June 9, weeks after lawmakers said the acting NIAID director had stepped down. The website for NIAID, part of the NIH, was updated Tuesday to show that Dr. John Powers III is now the acting director of the institute. Powers was previously NIAID’s deputy director. Before that, he was the primary senior advi…

NIAID appoints new acting director after weekslong questions over leadership

The selection of John Powers III to replace Jeffery Taubenberger comes at a moment of heightened attention for the institute.

NIAID appoints new acting director after weeks-long questions over leadership

The National Institutes of Health has appointed researcher John Powers III to lead its infectious disease institute on an acting basis, after weeks of being in leadership limbo following reports that the previous director, Jeffrey Taubenberger, had stepped down.  The appointment of Powers, previously a senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and Taubenberger’s deputy, comes at a moment of heightened attention f…