Larry Tabak is the first dentist-scientist to serve as the UR’s senior associate dean for research – Eastman Institute for Oral Health

Monica Bertagnolli shared a post by Eastman Institute for Oral Health on LinkedIn:

“Wanted to give a shout out to NIH’s Principal Deputy Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak on receiving this prestigious award. Congrats on the accomplishment, Larry!”

Quoting Eastman Institute for Oral Health:

“Congratulations to The National Institutes of Health Principal Deputy Director Dr. Larry Tabak, who was awarded the prestigious George Eastman Medal by University of Rochester President Sarah Mangelsdorf for his extraordinary achievements and contributions to the University and the U.S. Dr. Tabak is the first dentist-scientist to serve as the UR’s senior associate dean for research and the first dentist to lead the NIH, when he was appointed interim director.”

Source: Monica Bertagnolli/LinkedIn and Eastman Institute for Oral Health/LinkedIn

Monica Bertagnolli is the Director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), USA. She is the President of Alliance for Clinical Trials In Oncology Foundation. She previously served as the Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery in the field of surgical oncology at Harvard Medical School, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a member of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment and Sarcoma Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Bertagnolli is the Founding Chair of the minimal Common Oncology Data Elements (mCODE) executive committee and has held multiple positions nationally, including being Past President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. In 2021, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, having previously served on the National Academies National Cancer Policy Forum.