Zerhouni is the 15th director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), the primary US government agency responsible for biomedical research. He was appointed by George W. Bush in May 2002. His successes at the NIH have included the establishment of a research program into the problem of widespread obesity, and supporting the reduction of healthcare disparities.
Prior to joining the NIH, Dr. Zerhouni served as executive vice-dean of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, chair of the Russell H. Morgan department of radiology and radiological science, Martin Donner professor of radiology, and professor of biomedical engineering. Before that, he was vice-dean for research at Johns Hopkins.
A resident of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr Zerhouni is actually North African, having been born in Nedroma, a small mountain village on the western border of Algeria.
Dr Zerhouni received the honorary title Doctor Emeritus from the University of Algiers in 2005.
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