Lawrence A. Tabak

Lawrence A. Tabak
Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health
In office December 20, 2021 – November 8, 2023
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Tara A. Schwetz (acting)
Preceded by	Francis Collins
Succeeded by	Monica Bertagnolli
Principal Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2010
Preceded by	Raynard S. Kington
Succeeded by	Tara A. Schwetz (acting)
Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
In office September 2000 – August 2010
Preceded by	Harold C. Slavkin
Succeeded by	A. Isabel Garcia (acting)
Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research
Acting
In office October 2019 – December 2019
Preceded by	Ann K. Cashion (acting)
Succeeded by	Tara A. Schwetz (acting)
Personal details
Education	City College of New York (BS) Columbia University (DDS) University at Buffalo (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry Dentistry
Thesis	Structural 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.