Anderson Joins NIGMS
Dr. Richard A. Anderson
recently joined the National Institute of
General Medical Sciences as a program director in the Division of
Genetics and Developmental Biology, where he will manage
research grants in the areas of DNA recombination and cell growth
and differentiation. He will also serve as alternate project officer for
the NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository. He comes to NIGMS
from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where he worked
as an associate professor in the departments of internal medicine and
pathology with research affiliations in the departments of
biochemistry and surgical sciences. Before joining Wake Forest, he
worked at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and Johns
Hopkins University. Anderson also was a clinical associate at the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Barnas Is SRA at CSR
Dr. George Barnas
recently joined the Center for Scientific Review
as scientific review administrator of the lung biology and pathology
study section in the pathophysiological sciences integrated review
group. Previously, he was an SRA in the Division of Extramural
Activities, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders. Before coming to NIH in 1997, he was an associate
professor at the University of Maryland. Barnas has received
considerable fellowship and grants support, including grant support
from NHLBI and the American Lung Association. He has been a
reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals, and has published
widely.
Hollingsworth Named Director of NCRR Office
Dr. Charles G. Hollingsworth
has been selected as director of the
Office of Review at the National Center for Research Resources. He
will oversee NCRR grant review activities, which focus on the
support and development of resources for biomedical technology,
clinical research, comparative medicine and research infrastructure.
He began his federal career with NIH in 1979 at the National Heart
Lung and Blood Institute as both a review and program officer. In
1995, he came to NCRR as a review officer, and in the following
year he was promoted to deputy director for review. Aside from his
federal work experience, Hollingsworth's career has included
research and teaching in both private industry and academia.
Seachrist Joins NCRR
John Seachrist
has been selected as director of the Office of Grants
Management at the National Center for Research Resources. He will
oversee a broad spectrum of grants management activities
concentrated in four areas: biomedical technology, clinical research,
comparative medicine and research infrastructure. Seachrist started
his federal career in 1967 in New Jersey with the Department of the
Army. One year later, he relocated to Maryland to work for NIH in
the grants office of NINDS, where he remained for 29 years. In
1981, he was promoted to supervisory grants management
specialist. He also served on the NINDS EEO committee and the
personnel advisory committee. In 1997, he accepted the position of
grants management officer at the National Library of Medicine and
also served on the NLM diversity council. Since 1992, he has
served as an EEO counselor.
Five Join NIAID Advisory Council
Five new members have been appointed to the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council. They are: Dr. William R. Jacobs, Jr., an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Dr. Richard A. Koup, a professor in the department of internal medicine at the University of Texas in Dallas; Dr. John C. Martin, president and chief executive officer at Gilead Sciences, Inc., in Foster City, Calif.; Dr. Magdalene Y. H. So, professor and chair of the department of molecular microbiology and immunology at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland; and Thelma K. Thiel, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Hepatitis Foundation International in Cedar Grove, N.J.
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| NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci (r) welcomes new advisory council members (from l) Dr. John C. Martin, Dr. Magdalene Y.H. So, Dr. William R. Jacobs, Jr., Thelma K. Thiel and Dr. Richard A. Koup. |
Jacobs is a professor in the departments of microbiology and immunology and molecular genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he has made significant contributions by identifying the mechanisms of action of the anti-mycobacterial drugs isoniazid and ethionamide, as well as novel factors of M. tuberculosis required for growth and persistence in vivo.
Koup is the Jay P. Sanford professor of infectious diseases and chief, division of infectious diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Martin was previously employed at Bristol-Myers Squibb and at Syntex Corp., where he was the co-inventor of the antiviral drug ganciclovir.
So has served on the NIH bacteriology and mycology 1 study section and a number of other panels. She is presently serving on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and as vice chair of the committee on conferences of the American Society for Microbiology.
Theil has served on the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board, as president and chief operating officer of the American Liver Foundation, and as chair of the Digestive Diseases National Coalition.
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