Marie A. Bernard '72 Named NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
Marie A. Bernard '72 has been named the National Institutes of Health's next Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD). She will lead NIH’s effort to promote diversity, inclusiveness, and equity throughout the biomedical research enterprise.
Bernard has served as the acting COSWD since October 2020, and has also served as the deputy director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) since October 2008.
From the announcing her appointment:
"Dr. Bernard has played key leadership roles in a broad variety of NIH activities to further diversity, including serving as a co-chair of the UNITE initiative, and leading the development of the NIA Health Disparities Research Framework, which guides NIA research in this area. She also directed and supervised the NIA Office of Special Populations, which leads health disparities research and training for scientists from diverse backgrounds withi