Suzanne Wilson Hadley

               Then                                        Now

Home:    Route 1, Box 90A-1
             Harrisville, WV  26363

E-Mail:   hadsuz@zoominternet.net

Greetings from rural West Virginia, my “Wild and Wonderful” native state, where I live with my two dear boys (of the large, canine “Heinz 57" variety).  I’ve been here for nearly 5 years.

A brief run-down on my life up to retirement:

I obtained my BS from MTSU, then an MA in Psychology from Hollins College (Roanoke, VA), and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  I did research at the Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology for several years, then moved to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship. 

My career track was somewhat unusual:  In 1978, I got a real job, joining the National Institute of Mental Health as a Research Psychologist.  Over the years, I moved into administrative positions, and eventually was tapped to be Acting Director and then Deputy Director of the NIH Office of Research Integrity, where I led investigations of alleged research fraud.  We handled several “high-profile” cases, including an investigation of one of NIH’s own scientists, Dr. Robert Gallo.  In 1991, the NIH Director and I differed over the handling of this and other cases.  Believing the investigations had been compromised, I resigned from the investigative work, and before too long, found myself testifying before Congress about the matter.  (Should you be interested, you may find more information about these events at http://www.healtoronto.com/gallodocs.html, also in archives of the major scientific journals and national newspapers.)

After 1991, I worked for Congressman John Dingell’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and later was appointed Visiting Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University.  I retired from Federal Service in 1998, and thereafter worked at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., in the Program on Medical Science and Society.  A highlight of our work was a national conference on “Neuroscience and the Human Spirit.”

Life is quieter now.  I keep busy with mowing grass (in the summers) and shoveling snow (in the winters), and walking with my dogs on the nearby rail trail and in the woods and meadows that surround our home.  I am active in my church and in several local historical societies, where we work on the preservation of our heritage.  I travel whenever I can, mostly to out-of-the-way mountain and ocean sites, and am still an avid reader and needlework practitioner.

I am glad some of us are in touch again, even if only via cyberspace.  In this regard, I’m reminded of T.S. Eliot’s lines from Four Quartets: “We shall not cease from exploration.  And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

Last updated:    February 2005