NIH’s top IT official, Adele Merritt, has left the agency

NIH’s top IT official, Adele Merritt, has left the agency

Adele Merritt is out as the top IT official at the National Institutes of Health after roughly eight months in the role, again changing up the leadership in the position. Merritt was first announced as the new chief information officer in December after most recently serving as CIO of the intelligence community. At the time she took on the position, the role hadn’t had a permanent official in roughly two years.  News of her departure and move to…