Duane Alexander
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , created by Congress in 1962, supports and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations...
. He held this position from 1986 through 2009, when he moved to the position of senior scientific advisor to the Director of the NIH’s Fogarty International Center. The acting director of NICHD is Dr. Alan E. Guttmacher