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Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc., became the director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) in February 2021. As NIAMS director, Dr. Criswell oversees the institute’s annual budget of more than $685 million, which supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases. The institute seeks to advance health through biomedical and behavioral research as well as through research training and dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.