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The HHMI Press Room provides members of the media and public information officers with access to embargoed press releases and information about the work of HHMI researchers and grantees. It also contains supplementary resources such as photos, videos, and backgrounders about HHMI’s research and scientists.

Embargoed News

To access the embargoed section of this site, you must be a member of the media, a freelance writer, or a public information officer at an HHMI host institution or HHMI grantee institution. To request a login, click on the link Register for a Press Room account.  Once you’ve registered for the Press Room, HHMI will verify your information and send an e-mail notification with your login credentials.

We have launched a new and improved website as of June, 2013.

For security reasons we did not bring old accounts and passwords into this new system, so you will need to register and request a new Press Room login if you would like to view embargoed news stories. Register for the Press Room…

HHMI Press Contacts

  • James E. Keeley, Jr.
    Director, Strategic Communication and News
    301-215-8858
    Cell: 240-688-6630
    keeleyj@hhmi.org
  • Robert Gutnikoff
    Media Relations Specialist
    301-215-8627
    Cell: 301-633-0503
    gutnikoffr@hhmi.org
  • Jennifer Michalowski
    Science Writer
    301-215-8576
    michalow@hhmi.org

HHMI Bulletin: Spring 2013

  • Cover Story: I Am a Scientist
    HHMI's EXROP program has helped hundreds of underrepresented minorities identify as researchers, a key step toward a science career.ahares the secrets to his longevity in the lab.
  • A Structural Toolbox 
    No longer content with static snapshots, biologists are using a medley of techniques to get a global view of molecules at work.
  • The O'Shea Way 
    HHMI's new chief scientific officer Erin O'Shea applies an uncommon intensity to her research and training—of students and German shepherds.

Fast Facts

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Copies of DVD "AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic" mailed (as of 7/1/13)

$695 Million

Investment in U.S. biomedical research
(close of FY 2012)

2,982

HHMI employees
(as of 5/1/13)

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