Elias Zerhouni looks back
December 15, 2008
On 31 October, radiologist Elias Zerhouni stepped down after six and a half years as director of the $29-billion US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest funder of biomedical research. Zerhouni’s tenure was marked by an increasing emphasis on innovative, multidisciplinary and clinical research as the agency struggled with flatlining budgets and plunging grant-application success rates. Meredith Wadman spoke with Zerhouni about what he learned — and what he wished he could have done differently. (Nature News)
