Alan S. Graeff

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Alan S. Graeff

Alan S. Graeff was named Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Director of the newly formed Center for Information Technology (CIT) on March 6, 1998.

Graeff previously served as Chief of the Clinical Center's (CC) Information Systems Department, where he oversaw a major Information Technology (IT) reorganization that introduced a centralized infrastructure based on technical standards, reliable architecture, and high levels of customer support. Graeff created a unified support structure for IT in the CC's diverse environment of clinical research, patient services, and administration.

As Chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) Technical Systems Section from 1989 - 1991, Graeff was responsible for building the Institute's first wide-area network, comprising twelve locations across the country and serving 1,400 computer users. He also designed and implemented an NIAID acquisition work flow system that streamlined the Institute's acquisition and planning processes. In earlier positions, Graeff worked as a biologist for the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Metabolism Branch and NIAID's Laboratory of Cellular Immunology. Graeff holds a B.S. in distributed sciences from American University.

On October 12, 2005 Graeff announced plans to leave CIT for a position at the National Library of Medicine's National Center for Biotechnology Information. On November 13, 2005 joined NLM as Dr. Jack Jones was appointed Acting Director of CIT and Acting NIH CIO.

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