Harold C. Slavkin

Harold Slavkin became director in 1995, stepping up research in oral cancer, genetics, craniofacial defects, promoting tissue engineering, and expanding the centers program. Slavkin fostered new institutional partnerships, coordinating with dental practitioners and patient advocacy groups, leading NIH efforts to diversify the workforce, and pushing to rename NIDR the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). He retired in 2000.