Becerra names Dr. Lawrence Tabak as acting NIH director

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra named Dr. Lawrence Tabak as acting director of the National Institutes of Health, effective Dec. 20.

Tabak, an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, has served as principal deputy director and deputy ethics counselor at NIH since 2010.   

“Dr. Tabak has a deep grasp of the most pressing scientific issues…