'The lack of a confirmed director raises some problems. Lawrence Tabak has done a commendable job as interim NIH director, but it is time for some new faces after the lengthy Collins administration. (Tabak was an NIH deputy director and the deputy ethics counselor under Collins.) Furthermore, there are key appointments still to be made within the agency, most visibly, a successor to Anthony Fauci, who will leave the directorship of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of the year.'
HHS = Department of Health and Human Services
SNS = Strategic National Stockpile