Douglas R. Lowy

Douglas R. Lowy
Douglas R. Lowy, MD, Principal Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute
Alma mater
AwardsLasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2017) Sabin Gold Medal (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsCancer biology

Douglas R. Lowy (born c. 1940s) is the current Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Chief of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology within the Center for Cancer Research at NCI. Lowy served as Acting Director of NCI between April 2015 and October 2017 following the resignation of Harold E. Varmus, M.D., [1][2] and again between April and November 2019, while Director Norman Sharpless served as the Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.[3] He resumed the role of Acting Director on May 1, 2022, when Sharpless stepped down until October 3, 2022 when Monica Bertagnolli was appointed Director.[4][5] He resumed the role again in November 2023 after Bertagnolli resigned to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health.[6]

Lowy has served as Deputy Director of the NCI since 2010, alongside former directors Varmus and Sharpless and current director Bertagnolli.[7] Lowy was co-recipient (along with Dr. John T. Schiller) of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2014[8] and the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award in 2017.[9]

  1. ^ "Douglas Lowy named Acting Director of the National Cancer Institute". Website of the National Cancer Institute. April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Tavernise, Sabrina (March 4, 2015). "Chief of National Cancer Institute Resigns". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. ^ Kaplan, Sheila (2019-03-12). "National Cancer Chief, Ned Sharpless, Named F.D.A.'s Acting Commissioner". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  4. ^ "Monica Bertagnolli becomes NCI director - NCI". 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "NCI Acting Director Dr. Douglas R. Lowy - National Cancer Institute". www.cancer.gov. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  6. ^ "Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., takes the helm at NIH". 9 November 2023.
  7. ^ "NCI Principal Deputy Director Dr. Douglas R. Lowy - National Cancer Institute". www.cancer.gov. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  8. ^ "President Obama Presents the National Medals of Science & National Medals of Technology and Innovation". whitehouse.gov. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015 – via National Archives.
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