Vence Bonham, acting deputy director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, has been “unexpectedly” placed on administrative leave, he announced in an email to staff Monday evening.

Vence Bonham Jr., the highest ranking official at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), has been put on administrative leave, according to Stat. The acting deputy director of the i ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making good on his promise to lay off thousands of employees across the government’s health care agencies.

Spectrum Science, a 2024 MM+M Agency 100 honoree, hired Jill Beene as president of advertising and consulting, Lauren Ankeles as EVP of operations and transformation, as well as Natalie Newman as ...

Yesterday, word broke that Vence Bonham Jr., the highest-ranking official at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), was put on administrative leave. Bonham became the NHGRI’s ...

Vence Bonham Jr., the NHGRI’s acting deputy director, will serve in Green’s stead until a new director is appointed. Green was the NHRGI’s director for 16 years and is known for his work on ...

The 10,000 jobs being eliminated include 3,500 positions at the FDA, 2,400 at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 1,200 at the NIH.

CDC, FDA, NIH are among agencies shedding thousands of workers. Some senior leaders and entire divisions are being cut.

The market took no time to weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mass layoffs at the nation’s health agencies. As Health and Human Services employees arrived to work on ...

ACMG, NSGC, and others in the genetics community are monitoring whether the widely used online clinical genetics database ...