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Dr. Childs promoted to Rear Admiral
September 29, 2015

Dr. Richard Childs has been promoted to Rear Admiral in the US Public Health Service. As a senior ranking one-star flag officer in the Commissioned Corps, he will also carry the title of Assistant Surgeon General. Dr. Childs is cited for providing the highest caliber of public health leadership.

Dr. Childs recently served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Monrovia Medical Unit (Ebola Response Team 2) in Liberia. He is currently the Clinical Director of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Division of Intramural Research, at the National Institutes of Health, and a senior investigator in the Laboratory of Transplantation Immunotherapy.

The Dean R. O'Neill Renal Cell Cancer Research Fund is proud to sponsor a dedicated research program in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Childs at the National Institutes of Health.

To watch Dr. Childs' flag promotion ceremony, please click here.




The Dean R. O'Neill Renal Cell Cancer Research Fund is a donor-advised program under the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), which is an established 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. To make a tax-deductible contribution, you may use the FNIH online donation form or download the donation form and mail a check to:

Dean R. O'Neill Renal Cell Cancer Research Fund
c/o Foundation for the NIH
11400 Rockville Pike, Suite 600
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Thank you, on behalf of the O'Neill family and all of the patients who will benefit from your contribution.



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