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Posted by Carolyn Martin on September 5th, 2023
Posted in: News from NIH, News from NLM
Tags: National Library of Medicine, NIH News, NLM Director
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Director, Patricia Brennan R.N. PhD, has announced her retirement from NLM and federal service on September 30, 2023.
Dr. Brennan was sworn into office on September 12, 2016 by then NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins and became the 19th director of the Library and the fourth person to serve as director since the institution became the U.S. National Library of Medicine in 1956. She is also the first nurse, industrial engineer, and woman to serve as an NLM director.
Stephen Sherry, Ph.D., who currently serves as Director of NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information and NLM Associate Director for Scientific Data Resources, will serve as the Acting NLM Director while a national search is conducted for the next NLM Director.
You may read Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health, Lawrence A. Tabak’s full statement regarding Dr. Brennan’s retirement on the NIH website.
Please join us in thanking Dr. Patricia Brennan for her years of service while leading the National Library of Medicine.
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