The Salk Institute announced the appointment of Dr. William R. Brody, an acclaimed physician scientist and university leader, as the Institute's new president. Before being named president of The Johns Hopkins University in 1996, he served as provost of the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota for two years. Prior to that, he held several appointments at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1987 to 1994, including the Martin Donner Professor and Director of the department of Radiology; professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; professor of Biomedical Engineering; and Radiologist-in-Chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Earlier in his career, he held several appointments at Stanford University School of Medicine from 1977 to 1986, including Professor of Radiology and Electrical Engineering; Director, Advanced Imaging Techniques Laboratory; Associate Professor of Radiology and Electrical Engineering; and Director of Research Laboratories, Division of Diagnostic Radiology.