Homeland Security: The Federal and Regional Response : Field Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, June 10, 2002U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 103 pages |
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Page 14 - ... the 15th Director of the National Institutes of Health. Elias Adam Zerhouni, MD, 51, was most recently executive vice dean of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, chair of the Russell H. Morgan department of radiology and radiological science, and Martin Dormer professor of radiology and professor of biomedical engineering. Before that, he was vice dean for research at Johns Hopkins. Since 2000, he has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences
Page 11 - It will unify and coordinate much of the Federal Government's efforts to develop and implement scientific and technological countermeasures, including channeling the intellectual energy and extensive capacity of important scientific institutions, such as the national laboratories and academic institutions.
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Page 20 - Boehlert for holding this hearing, and for his support of NISTs programs. This concludes my prepared remarks. I will be pleased to answer your questions. BIOGRAPHY FOR ARDEN L. BEMENT, JR. Arden L. Bement, Jr., was sworn in as the 12th Director of NIST on Dec. 7, 2001. Bement oversees an agency with an annual budget of about $812 million and an on-site research and administrative staff of about 3,000, complemented by a NISTsponsored network of 2,000 locally managed manufacturing and business specialists...
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