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Amy Adams

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Amy Adams is listed as acting director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on NIH’s official institute/center director directory, reviewed 23 September 2026. This affiliation is scoped to the named NIH component, separate from the central NIH directorate. The directory does not disclose an individual grant ticket or a company investment. Amy Bany Adams is the acting director of NINDS, as confirmed by the current institute leadership directory. An official January2026 workshop biography describes her transition to acting director in that month. Her earlier NINDS service includes founding and leading the Office of Neuroscience Communications and Engagement; she also directed NIDCR science policy and analysis. This enrichment preserves the existing AmyAdams NIH component identity and prior NIH role, rather than creating a second individual. Her genuine NINDS portrait was published in2022, separately from current leadership verification.