Organization: US National Institutes of Health

BF Francis Ouellette

Genome Quebec has appointed BF Francis Ouellette as VP scientific affairs effective February 27, bringing more than 20 years of experience in bioinformatics. Ouellette has spent the past 10 years at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research as a lead investigator and associate director of its informatics and biocomputing platform. He was also employed by…

NIH toughens ethics rules and procedures

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is considering drastic changes to its rules and procedures for ethics following the disclosure of high level NIH-funded scientists receiving consulting fees and stock options from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. NIH director Dr Elias Zerhouni recently appeared before a congressional committee examining the NIH’s lax ethics regulations and…