Greenbelt, Maryland – A former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) employee pled guilty in federal court, today, to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to evade Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and the Federal Records Act in connection with communications about coronavirus research grants. 

David M. Morens, 78, of Chester, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States. Morens served as a senior advisor in NIAID’s Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022.

Dylan Fedor, DO, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Fedor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in science from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., and earned a Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro in 2023. He graduated in June from the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus Residency Program.