U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Cancer Institute (NCI) <http://www.cancer.gov/> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, October 13, 2006 CONTACT: NCI Media Relations Branch, 301-496-6641, <ncipressofficers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> JOHN E. NIEDERHUBER TO BE OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS 13TH DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE WHAT: John E. Niederhuber, M.D., will be sworn in as the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at 11 a.m. EDT. Niederhuber will be the 13th Director of the NCI in its nearly 70 year history. To view a Webcast of the swearing-in, either live or via archive, go to <http://videocast.nih.gov/>. WHO: THE HONORABLE MICHAEL O. LEAVITT: Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services. Remarks and administration of the oath ELIAS A. ZERHOUNI, M.D.: Director, National Institutes of Health. Welcome JOHN E. NIEDERHUBER, M.D.: NCI's 13th Director. Remarks PHILLIP SHARP, M.D.: MIT Center for Cancer Research. An extramural perspective on cancer research WHEN: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006 Please arrive at 10:45 a.m. for registration. A reception will take place immediately following the ceremony in the Visitor's Information Center (Lower Level) of Building 10. WHERE: BUILDING 10, MASUR AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CAMPUS For directions, maps and security information, please go to: <http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm>. HOW: DUE TO SECURITY, reporters must register by October 17, 2006 for the swearing-in and bring a picture I.D. to the event. Please contact the NCI Media Relations Branch at (301) 496-6641 or at <http://ncipressofficers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI Web site at <http://www.cancer.gov> or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <www.nih.gov>. ## This NIH News Release is available online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2006/nci-13.htm. To subscribe (or unsubscribe) from this list, go to http://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=nihpress&A=1.
