In an email Friday to all personnel, NIH Director Francis Collins said he is “deeply troubled” that a Georgetown University graduate student was interrupted during a presentation that was part of an application for a postdoctoral fellowship and escorted from campus.
BETHESDA, MD - APRIL 2: A new sign at the entrance to the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. tells visitors they must state their citizenship to gain entry. By Lena H. Sun and Lena H.
In the email, Collins said the visitor clearance process “was mishandled by security staff.” He added that officials are reviewing recent changes to the way visitors, patients and others are screened when they attempt to enter the Bethesda, Md. campus to “ensure that all of our guests, regardless of where they are from, are treated with the utmost respect and consideration.”
An NIH spokeswoman said the problems in recent weeks were triggered by a “software update” that required security guards to fill out the citizenship of everyone receiving a visitor’s pass at the NIH security building, known as Gateway Center. The NIH website makes no mention that visitors must disclose their citizenship, specifying only that “Visitors over 15 years of age must provide a form of government-issued ID such as a driver’s license or passport.”
Collins also said in the email that NIH had discovered a graduate student from the University of Virginia who was prevented by security from entering the campus on the first day of a two-day conference. He was allowed to attend the second day.
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