Abstract
The News of the Week article “Goldin shakes up NASA's life sciences program” (Andrew Lawler, 12 May, p. [938][1]) does not include mention of the many contributions that Arnauld Nicogossian, former chief of NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA), has made to our nation's space program. Despite flat budgets for OLMSA over the past 6 years, Nicogossian's leadership has increased the office's extramural research community from about 650 to more than 900 researchers from nationally recognized institutions. Working with the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, Nicogossian has been instrumental in establishing the Life Sciences competitive peer review process, which requires all NASA scientific research to undergo vigorous peer review by independent external panels. Nicogossian should also be credited with spearheading an interdisciplinary research program in biology, physics, and chemistry, which uses biologically inspired technology as the basis for integration. This effort is attracting a new generation of scientists to NASA, as well as several Nobel laureates. Whether serving as the associate administrator for OLMSA or as chief health and medical officer, Arnauld Nicogossian will continue to do an outstanding job providing NASA with world-class leadership and expertise. [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.288.5468.938
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