Whitescarver Named Director
of OAR
May 31, 2002- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D., May 30 announced the appointment
of Jack Whitescarver, Ph.D., as director of the NIH Office
of AIDS Research (OAR). Dr. Whitescarver has served as the
acting director of OAR since October 2000. Dr. Whitescarver
received his doctorate in medical microbiology from the University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences. Before coming to the OAR in
1988, Dr. Whitescarver served as Special Assistant to the
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID), and as Associate Dean for Research Development
and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Emory University School
of Medicine.

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