People: USC Specialist In Craniofacial Molecular Biology Is Named As New Director Of National Institute Of Dental Research

COLLABORATIONS: Harold Slavkin observes that "the growth area for oral medicine is at the interface with other kinds of science. Harold Slavkin, director of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry and the George and Mary Lou Boone Professor of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, has been appointed director of the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR). Slavkin, 57, will assume the position in July, replacing Harald Loe,

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COLLABORATIONS: Harold Slavkin observes that "the growth area for oral medicine is at the interface with other kinds of science.
Harold Slavkin, director of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry and the George and Mary Lou Boone Professor of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, has been appointed director of the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR). Slavkin, 57, will assume the position in July, replacing Harald Loe, who retired in June 1994.

"I was overwhelmed and thrilled" to be chosen, Slavkin declares. "I feel very privileged, but at the same time very daunted." He will oversee a staff of about 400 intramural scientists and administrators and an annual budget of more than $174 million, which covers internal as well as extramural investigations (K.Y. Kreeger, The Scientist, May 16, 1994, page 14).

Slavkin, who came to USC as an assistant professor of biochemistry ...

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