CIT Names New Deputy Director
Dr. Gary G. Christoph, Ph.D., is the new Deputy Director for the Center for Information Technology (CIT). Dr. Christoph, who will also serve as CIT's Chief Operating Officer (COO), will provide both vision and overall technological, operational, and managerial leadership to CIT. He will perform a full range of managerial functions for CIT including planning, coordinating, allocating, and assessing resources.
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Dr. Christoph, commenting about his new position, says that "Having been a researcher and scientist most of my life, I think I appreciate the kind of IT support a scientist wants and needs. My goal is to make sure that CIT delivers the best world-class IT support to NIH's researchers."
Before joining CIT, Dr. Christoph served as first Chief Information Officer and Director, Office of Information Services, for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration), Department of Health and Human Services. He holds a doctorate in chemical physics from the University of Chicago.
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