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	Gary H. Gibbons
			   Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
			            2012
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                            Present
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                Biography
                    Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., is Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he oversees the third largest institute at the NIH, with an annual budget of more than $3 billion and a staff of 917 federal employees.

The NHLBI provides global leadership for research, training, and education programs to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives.

Prior to being named director of the NHLBI, Gibbons served as a member of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council (NHLBAC) from 2009-2012. He was also a member of the NHLBI Board of Extramural Experts (BEE), a working group of the NHLBAC.
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            Before joining the NHLBI, Gibbons served as the founding director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, chairperson of the Department of Physiology, and professor of physiology and medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine, in Atlanta.Under his leadership of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gibbons directed NIH-funded research in the fields of vascular biology, genomic medicine, and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. During his tenure, the Cardiovascular Research Institute emerged as a center of excellence, leading the way in discoveries related to the cardiovascular health of minority populations. Gibbons received several patents for innovations derived from his research in the fields of vascular biology and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases.Gibbons earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Prior to joining the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1999, Gibbons was a member of the faculty at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., from 1990-1996, and at Harvard Medical School from 1996-1999.Throughout his career, Gibbons has received numerous honors, including election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences; selection as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Faculty Development Awardee; selection as a Pew Foundation Biomedical Scholar; receipt of the American Heart Association (AHA) Research Achievement Award; and receipt of a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammie).
      
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                                                               photo of Dr. Gary Gibbons, M.D, Director of NHLBI, with text 75 Years Bringing Research to Life
              September 30, 2023
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	75 Years of Celebrating Excellence and Anticipating Opportunities
	


            For 75 years NHLBI has been committed to the perennial pursuit of enhanced health for all. Amidst rapid scientific, technological, and social change, the Institute has been nimble and resilient...
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                                                        Selected Publications
                        Conquering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease - 50 Years of Progress.
            Authors:Gibbons GH, Seidman CE, Topol EJ
                                                                                                                        
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                2021 Mar 04;384(9):785-788
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    Obesity and Hypertension in the Time of COVID-19.
            Authors:Rodgers GP, Gibbons GH
                                                                                                                        
            JAMA
      
                2020 Sep 22;324(12):1163-1165
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    Accelerating the Science of SCD Therapies-Is a Cure Possible?
            Authors:Benz EJ Jr., Mondoro TH, Gibbons GH
                                                                                                                        
            JAMA
      
                2019 Aug 08;322(10):921-922
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    The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research-progress and promise.
            Authors:Kiley JP, Twery MJ, Gibbons GH
                                                                                                                        
            Sleep
      
                2019 Jun 11;42(6):
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    Generating evidence to inform an update of asthma clinical practice guidelines: Perspectives from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
            Authors:Mensah GA, Kiley JP, Gibbons GH
                                                                                                                        
            J Allergy Clin Immunol.
      
                2018 Sep 01;142(3):744-748
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                        Awards
                    Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammie)
        2021
        Partnership for Public Service
              Research Achievement Award
        2018
        American Heart Association
              Convocation speaker
        2011
        Morehouse School of Medicine
              "Fruits of Excellence" Award
        2010
        Zion Missionary Baptist Church
              Meharry-Vanderbilt Shockley Lectureship
        2010
              Named one of America’s Leading Doctors
        2008
        Black Enterprise Magazine
              Santiago Ramón y Cajal Award for Outstanding Research
        2008
        Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Health Braintrust
              Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences elected member
        2007
        Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences
              Daniel Savage Scientific Award
        2004
        Association of Black Cardiologists
              Morehouse School of Medicine Outstanding Mentor Award
        2004
        Morehouse School of Medicine
              Ernest E. Just Symposium Award
        2003
              National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society Distinguished Scientist Award
        2002
              International Society on Hypertension in Blacks Outstanding Scientist Award
        2001
              Established Investigator Award
        1998
        American Heart Association
              Pew Biomedical Scholar
        1994
        Pew Charitable Trusts
              Baxter Foundation awardee
        1994
              Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Faculty Development Fellowship awardee
        1989
              Magna Cum Laude graduate
        1984
        Harvard Medical School
              Kaiser Foundation/National Medical Fellowship Merit Award
        1984
        Harvard Medical School
              Henry Asbury Christian Award for Notable Scholarship
        1984
        Harvard Medical School
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75 Years of Celebrating Excellence and Anticipating Opportunities
                                                                                    The director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Dr. Gary H. Gibbons marks the launch of the Institute's 75th Anniversary. Highlighting how the country has benefited from the researchers funded by NHLBI and their scientific excellence which has enabled many of the Institute’s progresses.
                                            Director in the Press
            October 20, 2021
        	
	Five Questions with Gary Gibbons ’78
	

    NHLBI Director Dr. Gary H. Gibbons was interviewed by Princeton University Alumni magazine for an Alumni Spotlight.
    November 16, 2020
        	
	NHLBI and NIMHD directors to communities of color: To stop COVID-19, identify trusted community leaders; squash misinformation; build trust in science
	

    As the toll of illness and death from COVID-19 keeps rising across the country and continues to disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities, two NIH leaders are calling on their communities to get the facts and help build trust in science to turn the tide of the pandemic.
    November 16, 2020
        	
	Directores del NHLBI y NIMHD llaman a las minorías a actuar contra la COVID-19
	

    Dos líderes de los NIH llaman a sus comunidades a buscar de información verídica de fuentes confiables y promover la confianza en la ciencia para acabar con la COVID-19.

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