BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH:
AIDS Research Head to Retire From NIH
Jon Cohen
The widely respected, hyperkinetic overseer of the $2 billion AIDS research program at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, announced last week that he will retire from NIH on 1 September. Nathanson, a renowned viral epidemiologist, is credited with fostering cooperation among NIH institutes and boosting the AIDS vaccine research budget.