A year ago last week, Jeanne Marrazzo stepped into a very big pair of shoes.
Marrazzo became the first new director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in decades, taking over a job held for 38 years by Anthony Fauci, whose long-term status as a science god in Washington gave way to Covid-19 fall guy in some quarters during and after the pandemic.
The months since have been a whirlwind for Marrazzo, a veteran researcher in the field of sexually transmitted infections — especially their effect on women. She has been climbing a steep learning curve, getting to know the research institute she now leads. Lots of time has been spent repairing relations between the NIAID and the lawmakers who sign off on its $6.6 billion annual budget.
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