James Is Named NIDDK Division Deputy Director
Dr. Stephen P. James
is the new deputy director of NIDDK's
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (DDN). As a leader in
the field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research and a
longstanding NIDDK grantee, he brings a vast knowledge in basic
and clinical investigation of GI diseases as well as expertise in grant
proposal, review and management to the position. He will coordinate
DDN's gastroenterology activities and lead a long-term initiative to
develop new research mechanisms to better understand, treat and
prevent both forms of IBD, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
He will help create clinical trials and clinical research networks in
digestive diseases and develop research programs in celiac disease,
Barrett's esophagus, food-borne illness and GI motility disorders.
James will also conduct clinical research in GI immunology and IBD
at the Clinical Center. For the past 10 years, he has directed the
division of gastroenterology at the University of Maryland's School
of Medicine and studied the role of T cells in human mucosal
immunity. Before joining the Maryland staff, he spent the period
from 1982 to 1991 investigating human mucosal immunity for
NIAID.
Five Appointed to NIGMS Advisory Council
Five new members were recently named to the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council. They are:
Dr. Douglas A. Lauffenburger, professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering, codirector of the division of bioengineering and environmental health, and director of the biotechnology process engineering center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; his research focuses on studies of cell signaling, cell movement and cell growth.
Dr. Eaton E. Lattman, professor and chair of the department of biophysics at Johns Hopkins University, whose research interests include studies of protein structure and the design of anti-sickling agents.
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| NIGMS director Dr. Marvin Cassman (r) welcomes five new council members (from l) Drs. Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Eaton E. Lattman, Susan S. Taylor, Debra A. Schwinn and George C. Hill. |
Dr. Susan S. Taylor, professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, where she also serves as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
Dr. Debra A. Schwinn, professor in the departments of anesthesiology, pharmacology/cancer biology, and surgery at Duke University Medical Center, where she also serves as director of the molecular pharmacology laboratory in the department of anesthesiology.
Dr. George C. Hill, professor in the department of microbiology in the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, where he also serves as vice president for sponsored research and director of international health programs.
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