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NIH NEWS
Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D., Appointed Deputy Director of NIH
On February 10, 2003, Elias Zerhouni, M.D., director of NIH, announced the appointment of Dr. Raynard Kington as the new deputy director of NIH. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Kington served as director of the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and acting director for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. He came to NIH from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he led the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Dr. Kington's research has focused on social factors as determinants of health. His research interests include the role of socioeconomic status in explaining health differences across populations, the economic impact of health care expenditures among the elderly, and determinants of health care services utilization.
Dr. Kington earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in health policy and economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Margaret Chesney, Ph.D., Appointed Deputy Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
On January 27, 2003, Margaret Chesney, Ph.D., was named the first deputy director of NCCAM. Prior to joining NCCAM, Dr. Chesney was professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was co-director of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, and senior visiting scientist in the NIH Office of Women's Health. Dr. Chesney has received numerous awards and honors for her original research and her leadership in the field of behavioral medicine. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science in 2001.
Dr. Chesney received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and counseling from Colorado State University. Her research has focused on the relationship between behavior and chronic illness, and on behavioral factors in clinical trials. She has also developed and evaluated psychosocial and behavioral interventions for health promotion, illness prevention, and treatment.
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