Lawrence A. Tabak

Lawrence A. Tabak
Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health
In office
December 20, 2021 – November 8, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyTara A. Schwetz (acting)
Preceded byFrancis Collins
Succeeded byMonica Bertagnolli
Principal Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health
Assumed office
August 2010
Preceded byRaynard S. Kington
Succeeded byTara A. Schwetz (acting)
Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
In office
September 2000 – August 2010
Preceded byHarold C. Slavkin
Succeeded byA. Isabel Garcia (acting)
Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research
Acting
In office
October 2019 – December 2019
Preceded byAnn K. Cashion (acting)
Succeeded byTara A. Schwetz (acting)
Personal details
EducationCity College of New York (BS)
Columbia University (DDS)
University at Buffalo (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Dentistry
ThesisStructural and functional studies of monkey salivary mucin (1981)

Lawrence A. Tabak (born 1951[1]) is an American dentist and biomedical scientist serving as the principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health. He served as acting director from 2021 to 2023. Previously he was the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research from 2000 to 2010.

  1. ^ "Lawrence A. Tabak". c250.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-18.